Men Are More Likely Than Women To Be Victims In Dating Violence

[4th law of robotics]

23. I think the stigma against men hitting women is a good thing

men are in general much larger and stronger than women (as always there are exceptions).

I wish there were a similar stigma that ran in reverse though given the "boys don't hit girls" rule. The reason being that by preventing even violence in self-defense men are actually at a disadvantage to women in this regard as they are prohibited from fighting back.

Fundamentally targeting a man because you know he is unlikely to fight back is no different than beating up someone in a wheelchair because you know they can't do anything about it. Even children see the injustice in that.

Anyone who would use their position of asymmetrical power (either from physical strength or the knowledge that the other person is prevented from retaliating or some other factor) is the worst kind of bully and should be publicly shunned in addition to any legal troubles they occur. Male or female shouldn't matter.

The social conditioning should be tweaked. Boys don't hit girls hits on an element of it. But really it ought to be "don't fight anyone who can't realistically fight back".

/"don't fight at all" is probably even better. But I recognize that will never catch on.