‘Men’s rights’ group claims free self-defense classes for women are sexist

[Threedifferentones]

55. Okay, that all makes sense, we don't disagree at all, we're just making different points.

But remember my first point was that men are not only stronger, they went through all that as boys. For the man attacking a woman, striking is second nature, not almost.

The man attacking a woman will have struck and been struck many times, and so his advantage comes not only from the biological facts of height and muscle, but also from the psychological impact of having been raised male.

From my perspective, finding your focus and learning to be aggressive is a baby step, in almost a literal sense. That is what was forced on me before the age of 10, before I knew what rape was, before I could fully grasp just how nasty the world really is, because I was a boy and not a girl.

Still, even that first step in defending yourself is huge, it gives you a fighting chance because it will prevent you from simply seizing up and giving in.

But in order to progress beyond that a person needs to practice fighting men. Now there is no need, and perhaps no good reason, to do that. I'm sure most women don't find it interesting or enjoyable to train to hurt another person, but when I read "self-defense" I assumed that is what they meant, which just means that I did not understand.