What about guys hitting other guys? Slap stick violence seems to involve a lot of injury to men, but doesn't seem to carry the same sort of humour when women are involved. Possibly because women are such fragile beings, that they couldn't possibly just bounce back, not like a man.... ~.~;;
Meh. I might also point out violence against other girls.
This is actually reminding me of a joke my sister Rox was telling me the other day.
"Australian laws are sexist, because if a man hits a woman he gets sent to jail, where as if a woman, hits a man, he has to stand there and take it, unless she breaks his jaw."
I know for a fact that often when women go up against men, in martial arts, etc, they are often not taken seriously. If your not being taken seriously, then what is left other than a joke?
My mother used to do judo; she knocked a man out, when practicing strangle holds, because the bloody idiot refused to admit that a "woman" could possibly hurt him. Particularly one of a petite size and frame like my mother.
My sister Rox does medieval fighting, as part of a kids group. Despite the fact that she is one of the oldest kids there, she is also one of the shortest... And the only girl.
It has become the great delight, I'm told, watching her go up against other teams, and having them learn about "the outcome of the battle depends on one person charging. Guess which one." rule.
I've always found that female violence against men, is playing up to the macho expectation, that men are suppose to be tough, and take it.
Again, meh. Personally, I've tended to enjoy female violence, even in series like Mai Otame, where its being directed by girls to girls, because the characters involved tend to be dominant, agressive, characters with a real personality. And tend to be less caught up in the "oh I've got to be a good demure girl" imagry, which I've always tended to detest more often than not.
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Meh. I might also point out violence against other girls.
This is actually reminding me of a joke my sister Rox was telling me the other day.
"Australian laws are sexist, because if a man hits a woman he gets sent to jail, where as if a woman, hits a man, he has to stand there and take it, unless she breaks his jaw."
I know for a fact that often when women go up against men, in martial arts, etc, they are often not taken seriously. If your not being taken seriously, then what is left other than a joke?
My mother used to do judo; she knocked a man out, when practicing strangle holds, because the bloody idiot refused to admit that a "woman" could possibly hurt him. Particularly one of a petite size and frame like my mother.
My sister Rox does medieval fighting, as part of a kids group. Despite the fact that she is one of the oldest kids there, she is also one of the shortest... And the only girl.
It has become the great delight, I'm told, watching her go up against other teams, and having them learn about "the outcome of the battle depends on one person charging. Guess which one." rule.
I've always found that female violence against men, is playing up to the macho expectation, that men are suppose to be tough, and take it.
Again, meh. Personally, I've tended to enjoy female violence, even in series like Mai Otame, where its being directed by girls to girls, because the characters involved tend to be dominant, agressive, characters with a real personality. And tend to be less caught up in the "oh I've got to be a good demure girl" imagry, which I've always tended to detest more often than not.