Men beaten by their female partners: does society turn a blind eye?

Icarium

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I have a drinking buddy who's about 1.6m tall and weighs about 60kgs.

He's married to a hippo who weighs about 100kgs. When she calls him to come home...

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I'm 1.75 and weigh 75kgs, but I'm a computer geek who get very little physical exercise. My GF isn't bigger than me but as a physio who manhandles patients all day...
 

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There's a difference between "would be able to beat you in a fair fight" and "would be able to physically abuse you". Physical size and strength has very little to do with the latter. And that's the crux of the matter - how many men would be willing to admit that a woman half thier size is capable of hurting them?

You didn't answer my question.

A child can also grab a knife and stab you. If a man goes to the police with a stab wound or a broken arm and the woman is unharmed, the woman is gonna have a hard time explaining how the man abused her.

And lastly if you take yourself too seriously to admit that you were hit out of nowhere with a rolling pin, then you'll just have to suffer the consequences.
 

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You didn't answer my question.

A child can also grab a knife and stab you. If a man goes to the police with a stab wound or a broken arm and the woman is unharmed, the woman is gonna have a hard time explaining how the man abused her.

And lastly if you take yourself too seriously to admit that you were hit out of nowhere with a rolling pin, then you'll just have to suffer the consequences.

I did answer your question. Anyone barring a paraplegic is able to physically abuse you (or is a rolling pin to the head not abuse?). Whether you put up with that abuse is a different question. Reporting the abuse doesn't mean it's no longer abuse.
 

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I was engaged to a woman that threw tantrums that got physical. Punching, kicking, knives, flying cutlery etc. I never laid a hand on her except once when I thought she was going to stab me and had to restrain her to get the knife out of her hand. The funny thing is that when I eventually called the cops on her, I was the one that got locked up when she laid a charge of domestic violence against me. Backwards cops.

Yeah, you're right. Funny thing. Not totally sick and a sign of a messed-up society.
 

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Clearly the solution is to be homosexual.

Let the crazy bitches date each other and wipe themselves out.
 

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How many women do you guys know that would physically be able to abuse you ?

fairly none. But women dont play fair they use garden shears while you asleep apparently and psycho **** like that

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after reading this thread I have a greater appreciation for my lady
 
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the way i see it, ANYONE above the age of 18 hits me, you going to get hit back, doesn't matter if you're a woman, guy in wheelchair, or an 80 year old that can die from being pushed down a step. what goes through somebody's brain that they have the right to strike you?
 

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the way i see it, ANYONE above the age of 18 hits me, you going to get hit back, doesn't matter if you're a woman, guy in wheelchair, or an 80 year old that can die from being pushed down a step. what goes through somebody's brain that they have the right to strike you?

There was this movie I watched which name escapes me now. This grown up guy goes to this old man's house who used to molest him as a boy. Old guy starts moaning about 'respecting your elders', but he couldn't even finish his sentence before the guy starts beating him senseless. :p
 

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The reason why there are abused men is because they don't listen ... :whistling:

Jokes aside, I was also abused by me ex, she assaulted me three times, the last time was very serious and as she went into a blind fit of rage. She hit me so hard in my face that after 12 years whenever I'm drunk or its cold, one my face muscles pulls funny. My face was sore for about two years after the incident.

I'm just glad that she identified the cause of her rage, she resolved the issue and she has moved on. We are still best friends and while that incident pushed us to end our marriage, it was not the origin of our problems. She still has rage issues but she no longer takes them out on people as I'm sure her new husband would not tolerate it.

Her sister was also abusive to her husband to the extent that she even threw him off the back of a moving bakkie never mind the countless times she broke his nose. One night she attacked him in the bathroom and he hit back (the rest of the events that night sound like a bad cover up story), she lost her balance and ended up in hospital in traction. She admits that woke her up as that was what she was doing to her husband all the time. After 15 years since then she has never even raised her voice against him.
 

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The reason why there are abused men is because they don't listen ... :whistling:

Jokes aside, I was also abused by me ex, she assaulted me three times, the last time was very serious and as she went into a blind fit of rage. She hit me so hard in my face that after 12 years whenever I'm drunk or its cold, one my face muscles pulls funny. My face was sore for about two years after the incident.

I'm just glad that she identified the cause of her rage, she resolved the issue and she has moved on. We are still best friends and while that incident pushed us to end our marriage, it was not the origin of our problems. She still has rage issues but she no longer takes them out on people as I'm sure her new husband would not tolerate it.

Her sister was also abusive to her husband to the extent that she even threw him off the back of a moving bakkie never mind the countless times she broke his nose. One night she attacked him in the bathroom and he hit back (the rest of the events that night sound like a bad cover up story), she lost her balance and ended up in hospital in traction. She admits that woke her up as that was what she was doing to her husband all the time. After 15 years since then she has never even raised her voice against him.

:wtf:

Did she hit you with her fist or with an object?
 

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Alright I haven't been in an abusive relationship myself before, so this is my opinion and you can ignore this viewpoint if you want.

I believe the man can defend himself without ending up on the wrong side of court or how people view it. If you are a real man, you have the ability to let the woman understand when something has to stop, WITHOUT having to ever hit her. If it is in the moment, you can block the attack, much like you would do in a fight with any guy. Most importantly, you will have to stand up for yourself and let her know this has to stop.

I have found in the past, if someone hits me once, and I don't want to hit the person back because it is someone I have too much respect for, I warn the guy once in a very serious and body language, that if it happens again he will end up on the other side of MY attacks. Whatever it was, this has worked more than once, and I am pretty sure it will work even on crazy woman, but you have to get that understanding over, that you will not give a damn about the consequences that may follow your inappropriate action when you hit the person back. You will be surprised how the situation changes, and the person will respect you for that.

I can just imagine how effective this will be if you warn the person you will hit her back, infront of your friends, because then you have witnesses that you did warn her before hand, and they will possibly be on your side and get a chance to explain the situation.

When in a difficult situation like this, I think you need to control what people think and then act.

Either way, like I said, this is my opinion, I have never had a woman abuse me, but I know how to deal with men, and I will apply the same principle if I have to, to a crazy abusive woman.

You are sadly mistaken, a women knows that the law will always be on her side. Once she starts abusing you, your body language means nothing to her. She knows that at anytime she can lay a complaint and you are the one that will end up in the cells.The only way to handle this is to remove yourself from her vicinity. go sleep in a hotel or at a friend but get out.

And hitting a woman in front of witnesses will land you up with a criminal record, cops do not care if there was witnesses. If your sex is male you are the guilty party.
 

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I had a friend who got out of an abusive relationship, he also had a court order against her, he went out the one day and she was at the same event, she came over to him and started a fight, he told her to back off as she isn't supposed to be anywhere near him. She got physical, he pushed her back, long story short he ended up spending 6 months of his life fighting in court over the assault charge he had, she had numerous white knights step in and say it was all his fault etc... He also had a few witnesses saying it was her fault and everything but it still took 6 months of constant fighting to prove his innocence. Women have it on their side unfortunately.
 

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Clearly the solution is to be homosexual.

Let the crazy bitches date each other and wipe themselves out.

Unfortunately domestic violence happens in gay households also. I think it is much less prevelent than in heterosexual homes...but it does happen.
 

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a woman hitting a man has no respect whatsoever for anyone. if she wants to lift her hand to a man she must deal with the consequences end of story. keep your hands to yourself and be respectful to others.
 

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Man fears girlfriend, lies about kidnap

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2013-06-14 09:26

Cape Town - A local man who couldn’t face going home to his girlfriend without money instead laid a false charge of kidnapping with police.

The man had promised his girlfriend he would come home with money but on his return claimed that he had been kidnapped in front of a hotel, reported Die Burger.

But police smelled a rat and he was arrested on Tuesday.

He had told police that he was kidnapped by three unknown men, forced into a car and driven off to a house where money was stolen from him. He said he was later left next to the N1.

But when the investigating officer took the man to the crime scene on Tuesday, the officer realised that he didn’t have enough information about the incident.

The man then admitted that he had never been kidnapped and confessed to making up the story after a business partner failed to give him some money that he had promised to his girlfriend.

“That is why he laid a false charge, so that his girlfriend would accept his apology about why he came back without the expected money,” said police spokesperson Frederick van Wyk.

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Man-fears-girlfriend-lies-about-kidnap-20130614
 

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a woman drinking and going crazy. Run and run fast and very far. The law is on their side. And they will use it. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
 

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How many women do you guys know that would physically be able to abuse you ?
Physical size and strength aren't everything. It can easily be next to impossible to fend off a truly ferocious and brutal attack.

There's a difference between "would be able to beat you in a fair fight" and "would be able to physically abuse you".
What's fair anyway?

A child can also grab a knife and stab you. If a man goes to the police with a stab wound or a broken arm and the woman is unharmed, the woman is gonna have a hard time explaining how the man abused her.
He's hit me before officer. He told me this time he was really going to make me sorry. I thought he might kill me. He threatened to rape me.
 
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