Do girls think its ok to kick boys in the nuts?

clairefontaine

http://www.blogher.com/i-weep-girls

This mother is glad her daughter clocked a boy in the balls. And there's a bunch of comments below that support it.

I've come across girls who think its funny. I blame feminism.

What the hell?

Son0vagun

If you're slow enough to allow a girl kick you In the nuts then you deserve it.

The Backwards Man

I blame stupidity.

And time travel. Article is three years old.

miller50841

Getting a smack in the sack is never nice but not only girls do it.

Gandhi

Some guys at lunch were saying they saw a fight at a bar last night where a woman kicked a guy in the balls so he promptly punched her in the head. I was thinking for a second that ClaireFontaine must have been in the same bar.

Fox_In_Socks

I blame the bankers! They're the ones who got us into this mess.

I mean, back in 2008, with the bank guarantee, what happened in that room with the Minister for Finance? What exactly was said and who was in there?

Femme_Fatale

Son0vagun wrote: »

If you're slow enough to allow a girl kick you In the nuts then you deserve it.

No you don't.

Clandestine

This is old and im not sure that most girls think its ok to abuse men. Unless modern feminism has told them otherwise, (things like scum manifesto, radical feminism etc. seem to make me think so)

My name is URL

clairefontaine wrote: »

Ok I blame feminism for giving their mothers the sense of entitlement to endorse it.

Horrible people.. encouraging their kids to stand up for themselves :pac:

Is feminism also to blame for the type of behaviour the boy involved apparently showed in this case?

wexie

While I'm not sure the situation described in the article quite warrants the reaction (no ages mentioned) I will teach both of my daughters (when the time comes)that a swift kick in the goolies can get them out of trouble quickly.

They'll also be taught that it's a very serious thing to do and should be used sparingly but nonetheless I think it's a valid part of a girls self defense arsenal.

And yes I've been hit in the goolies before (over a lot less than my daughters will be taught is acceptable) and no I'm not a feminist.

Clandestine

Gandhi wrote: »

Some guys at lunch were saying they saw a fight at a bar last night where a woman kicked a guy in the balls so he promptly punched her in the head.

Eh, equal treatment I say

ComputerKing

clairefontaine wrote: »

http://www.blogher.com/i-weep-girls

This mother is glad her daughter clocked a boy in the balls. And there's a bunch of comments below that support it.

I've come across girls who think its funny. I blame feminism.

What the hell?

I agree I think its disgraceful that some women think that is acceptable and funny yo kick guys in the balls and also the way in which they think it is acceptable to hit men aswell but not the other way around.

clairefontaine

My name is URL wrote: »

Horrible people.. encouraging their kids to stand up for themselves :pac:

Is feminism also to blame for the type of behaviour the boy involved apparently showed in this case?

Standing up for yourself does not include sexual assault, which is what a kick in the balls is. The boy in the blog stood in front of her. They were ten years old in a public space.

My crothch is at eye level when I stand at a table and someone is sitting there. Should I punch waiters who stand by me at my table in the nuts too?

Stheno

My name is URL wrote: »

Is feminism also to blame for the type of behaviour the boy involved apparently showed in this case?

Yep, two equally bad acts

Howard Juneau

So the word of the daughter was taken over the victim of the assault? Nice!

Femme_Fatale

Clandestine wrote: »

This is old and im not sure that most girls think its ok to abuse men. Unless modern feminism has told them otherwise, (things like scum manifesto, radical feminism etc. seem to make me think so)

That's one strain of feminism - a particularly nutty, fringe feminism that no reasonable person would subscribe to. It is not "modern feminism" full stop.

Ihatecuddles-old

A kick in the fanny is no laughing matter either!!

I wouldnt find that funny, I cross my legs when I see someone getting hit in the nuts and I dont even have a pair of balls.

miller50841

Someone pumped up on drugs won't feel a thing though.

Ihatecuddles-old

Gandhi wrote: »

Some guys at lunch were saying they saw a fight at a bar last night where a woman kicked a guy in the balls so he promptly punched her in the head.

she deserved it!

My name is URL

clairefontaine wrote: »

Standing up for yourself does not include sexual assault, which is what a kick in the balls is. The boy in the blog stood in front of her. They were ten years old in a public space.

My crothch is at eye level when I stand at a table and someone is sitting there. Should I punch waiters who stand by me at my table in the nuts too?

I think you're selectively ignoring some salient points in the article =/

Either that or being facetious..

Howard Juneau

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

A kick in the fanny is no laughing matter either!!

I wouldnt find that funny, I cross my legs when I see someone getting hit in the nuts and I dont even have a pair of balls.

Not anymore anyways..
:P

Fr_Dougal

If a girl kicked me in the nuts I'd punch her in the ovary, a straight shot, right to the babymaker.

Howard Juneau

My name is URL wrote: »

I think you're selectively ignoring some salient points in the article =/

Either that or being facetious..

Points? Perhaps, facts? Not a one

Clandestine

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

That's one strain of feminism - a particularly nutty, fringe feminism that no reasonable person would subscribe to. It is not "modern feminism" full stop.

It is modern feminism. Modern feminism is a cult, it is a cult rooted in suppression of differing opinions and it is growing into the mainstream (no f***ing joke)

-If you are not a feminist you must "hate women"
-If you don't see an issue with trans people you "support gender roles and the patriarchy"
-but, if you don't say "women have vaginas and men have penises" you are called a "bigot" by a different group of feminists and hounded (PAX got into hassle for this)
-If you denounce incorrect claims (gender pay gap for example) you support the "patriarchy"

the list goes on. Feminism is a cancer and should not be tolerated. Men have problems, women have problems. Focusing on the problems of one gender will not solve anything

Lenmeister

wexie wrote: »

While I'm not sure the situation described in the article quite warrants the reaction (no ages mentioned) I will teach both of my daughters (when the time comes)that a swift kick in the goolies can get them out of trouble quickly.

It can also get them into trouble just as quick. Do you think it's ok for boys to kick girls in their vag if say your daughter said "say hello to my vag"? I bet you don't.

Let's not blow it out of proportion, it's an overreaction to teasing. They're only kids. These things happen, live and learn. Hopefully he doesn't hate girls now :P

Femme_Fatale

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

A kick in the fanny is no laughing matter either!!

I wouldnt find that funny, I cross my legs when I see someone getting hit in the nuts and I dont even have a pair of balls.

I reckon a kick in the balls is sorer than a kick in the fanny. Maybe it depends on the fanny.
Anyway, no, it's not right to kick a boy/man in the balls unless in extreme cases where self defence is required. I don't agree with this kid doing it and it disturbs me that so many agree with this. The young lad was behaving like a little brat but violence should not have been resorted to. I know the girl is only a little one too, but it's still indefensible IMO.

Maybe radical feminism is part of why it's deemed acceptable by some women. I would also blame a type of macho culture notion - that "men should be able to take it and shouldn't let it happen in the first place".

clairefontaine

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I reckon a kick in the balls is sorer than a kick in the fanny. Maybe it depends on the fanny.
Anyway, no, it's not right to kick a boy/man in the balls unless in extreme cases where self defence is required. I don't agree with this kid doing it and it disturbs me that so many agree with this. The young lad was behaving like a little brat but violence should not have been resorted to. I know the girl is only a little one too, but it's still indefensible IMO.

Maybe radical feminism is part of why it's deemed acceptable by some women. I would also blame a type of macho culture notion - that "men should be able to take it and shouldn't let it happen in the first place".

It can also cause sterility and ruptures.

I agree with you about the macho culture endorsing it too.

y0ssar1an22

wexie wrote: »

While I'm not sure the situation described in the article quite warrants the reaction (no ages mentioned) I will teach both of my daughters (when the time comes)that a swift kick in the goolies can get them out of trouble quickly.

They'll also be taught that it's a very serious thing to do and should be used sparingly but nonetheless I think it's a valid part of a girls self defense arsenal.

And yes I've been hit in the goolies before (over a lot less than my daughters will be taught is acceptable) and no I'm not a feminist.

haven't heard that in years :pac:

Femme_Fatale

Clandestine wrote: »

It is modern feminism. Modern feminism is a cult, it is a cult rooted in suppression of differing opinions and it is growing into the mainstream (no f***ing joke)

-If you are not a feminist you must "hate women"
-If you don't see an issue with trans people you "support gender roles and the patriarchy"
-but, if you don't say "women have vaginas and men have penises" you are called a "bigot" by a different group of feminists and hounded (PAX got into hassle for this)
-If you denounce incorrect claims (gender pay gap for example) you support the "patriarchy"

the list goes on. Feminism is a cancer and should not be tolerated. Men have problems, women have problems. Focusing on the problems of one gender will not solve anything

Stop talking bollocks. That crazy stuff is not modern feminism. Most of the above, as I said, are not reasonable views. A reasonable woman will not think a person who isn't a feminist must hate women (plenty of women aren't feminists). It's idiotic to see an issue with trans people (seeing as they can't help who they are), doesn't matter what political beliefs the person having that issue has - what does it have to do with feminism? Nobody normal EVER thinks it's bigoted to say women have vaginas and men have penises (lol, you have some wild imagination).

Moderate feminism is a cancer eh? Well then you must think men's rights activism is a cancer.

wexie

Lenmeister wrote: »

It can also get them into trouble just as quick. Do you think it's ok for boys to kick girls in their vag if say your daughter said "say hello to my vag"? I bet you don't.

Let's not blow it out of proportion, it's an overreaction to teasing. They're only kids. These things happen, live and learn. Hopefully he doesn't hate girls now :P

Well that's the thing, at a young age it's something warranting a good serious chat and little more.

But yes, I will be teaching my daughters that if they're ever in a situation where they need to quickly disable a (likely physically much stronger) boy/man that a good kick in the balls will do the trick.

I don't see a problem with it at all if the situation calls for it.

In this case....don't think it was called for, someone said 10 year olds, all I got from the article was playschool which leads me to believe younger than 10. In which case it was a completely overreaction from the mother.

My name is URL

Howard Juneau wrote: »

Points? Perhaps, facts? Not a one

Well until a day comes when each and every random person's blog entries can be verified as being authentic, we'll just have to make do with taking them at face value

What's the point in even discussing it if you feel it isn't true? People go to extremes to build their own version of events about what may have happened in this fabricated world. It's absurd... and the whole gender war which has developed online over the last number of years is fcuking insane, and ugly and very very dangerous.

But shur let's all argue and become entrenched over what could very well be the delusions of other people.

Clandestine

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Moderate feminism is a cancer eh? Well then you must think men's rights activism is a cancer.

At least it has some credence to it. Not saying feminism is completely groundless, but most of the things mainstream feminism is focusing on is bs, e.g pay gap myth, lack of women in government (and in jobs that are considered dangerous funnily enough) etc
.

Muise...

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

A kick in the fanny is no laughing matter either!!

I wouldnt find that funny, I cross my legs when I see someone getting hit in the nuts and I dont even have a pair of balls.

indeed, but it's harder to get a kick in the fanny - unless you walk the "tightrope" on a gate like I did when I was a child. OWW!

Femme_Fatale

Clandestine wrote: »

At least it has some credence to it.

It absolutely does. Fathers' lack of rights, domestic abuse of men, men's health concerns, the way ads and TV/film are open season on ridiculing men, slapping of men by women being no big deal, sexual assault of men by women being no big deal, etc.

Not saying feminism is completely groundless, but most of the things mainstream feminism is focusing on is bs, e.g pay gap myth, lack of women in government (and in jobs that are considered dangerous funnily enough) etc

Yeh the pay gap is due to women working part-time, going on maternity leave so it's a fallacy. What I personally view of concern is stuff like the disturbing "She asks to be raped" stuff.

Lenmeister

Muise... wrote: »

indeed, but it's harder to get a kick in the fanny - unless you walk the "tightrope" on a gate like I did when I was a child. OWW!

Ouch! Hope you didn't have any problems after that one!

Muise...

Lenmeister wrote: »

Ouch! Hope you didn't have any problems after that one!

No, but I can balance really well now.

languagenerd

Are we all ignoring the actual contents of the article? Apparently, the boy shoved his crotch in a girl's face and she punched him to get him away. Punched, not kicked. TBH I think that's a fair shot. Obviously, the girl may have been lying. But if it happened as she said, then the boy has learned not to put his crotch in girls' faces.

Paddy Cow

Lenmeister wrote: »

It can also get them into trouble just as quick. Do you think it's ok for boys to kick girls in their vag if say your daughter said "say hello to my vag"? I bet you don't.

Let's not blow it out of proportion, it's an overreaction to teasing. They're only kids. These things happen, live and learn. Hopefully he doesn't hate girls now :P

Did you read any of the comments? Some people are sure he's going to grow up into a rapist :eek:

whatdoicare

The boy waved his crotch into her face - that's equally as bad as her punching him in the gooleys.
I hope he learned his lesson about keeping his privates to himself and that she got punished for lashing out instead of telling a teacher.

Femme_Fatale

whatdoicare wrote: »

The boy waved his crotch into her face - that's equally as bad as her punching him in the gooleys.

He didn't physically hurt her though. What he did was awful, what she did in retaliation was awful.

whatdoicare

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

He didn't physically hurt her though. What he did was awful, what she did in retaliation was awful.

Yeah, that's basically what I already said. If you read more than that line you might have seen that.

Femme_Fatale

I wouldn't agree violent and non violent are equally as bad though.

Savoir.Faire

Getting a boot into the love spuds is never pleasant. But it isn't half as bad as pulling up your fly with unusual haste as you're keen to get back to your pint, only to get the tip of your turtle neck caught in it.

Agony.

clairefontaine

languagenerd wrote: »

Are we all ignoring the actual contents of the article? Apparently, the boy shoved his crotch in a girl's face and she punched him to get him away. Punched, not kicked. TBH I think that's a fair shot. Obviously, the girl may have been lying. But if it happened as she said, then the boy has learned not to put his crotch in girls' faces.

Well apparently the facts of life are this. The facts are what he did was rude. The other fact is what she did is sexual assault and can cause physical injury and sterility. So if you are going to tell your little girls to kick and punch boys in the balls over personal sleights, be prepared for a lawsuit and possibly a visit to a juvenile detention centre.

Muise...

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

Getting a boot into the love spuds is never pleasant. But it isn't half as bad as pulling up your fly with unusual haste as you're keen to get back to your pint, only to get the tip of your turtle neck caught in it.

Agony.

:eek:

This makes me grateful for the protective flange-cushion.

nicowa

clairefontaine wrote: »

Well apparently the facts of life are this. The facts are what he did was rude. The other fact is what she did is sexual assault and can cause physical injury and sterility. So if you are going to tell your little girls to kick and punch boys in the balls over personal sleights, be prepared for a lawsuit and possibly a visit to a juvenile detention centre.

What he did is sexual assault too. Shoving your privates in someone's face is sexually assault. Whether you're wearing clothes or not.

It's not defined as a "personal sleight" by my standards. Nor probably the standards of a hr officer (if we were to change the context a little).

languagenerd

clairefontaine wrote: »

Well apparently the facts of life are this. The facts are what he did was rude. The other fact is what she did is sexual assault and can cause physical injury and sterility. So if you are going to tell your little girls to kick and punch boys in the balls over personal sleights, be prepared for a lawsuit and possibly a visit to a juvenile detention centre.

Hang on, I'm not saying that we should teach girls to punch boys in the balls. I merely said that we were overlooking some key parts of the story: some of the posts made it sound like the girl was just kicking boys at random. Young kids don't understand how to get out of these situations; he had his crotch in her face and she lashed out to push him back.

No, I don't think it's okay to go around punching or kicking anyone (in the genitals or anywhere else for that matter!). The woman needs to teach her daughter that violence should only be a last resort if you've no other way of getting someone acting inappropriately to back off.

Femme_Fatale

wexie wrote: »

While I'm not sure the situation described in the article quite warrants the reaction (no ages mentioned) I will teach both of my daughters (when the time comes)that a swift kick in the goolies can get them out of trouble quickly.

In what situations? It's very extreme.

ComputerKing wrote: »

I agree I think its disgraceful that some women think that is acceptable and funny yo kick guys in the balls and also the way in which they think it is acceptable to hit men aswell but not the other way around.

Not just women think it's acceptable and funny.

Menas

Can we talk about something else....?

Crosses legs.

Too Tough To Die

It genuinely angers me when women and young children fail to acknowledge how painful getting hit in the balls is.

wexie

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

In what situations?

Situations serious enough to warrant potentially causing serious harm.

Let's face it, a lot of men/boys could physically overpower a lot of women/girls. And a lot of men/boys seem to have serious issues figuring out boundaries.

So yes while I dread to think of a situation arising that would call for it I will absolutely teach them the quick way of putting someone on the ground for a few minutes if the situation calls for it.

You're not actually implying there are no situations where this could ever be justified are you?