Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|'''Scott''': "I don't hit girls."

'''Roxie''': "You're just a pussy, Pilgrim!"~~|''[[Scott Pilgrim|Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together]]''}}~~

'''Roxie''': "You're just a pussy, Pilgrim!"

|''[[Scott Pilgrim|Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together]]''}}

On average, men have greater upper body strength than women. Because most people [[You Fail Statistics Forever|don't actually understand concepts like "average" very well]], in a lot of people's minds this turns into "any given man is always much, much stronger than any given woman." And since a true hero never uses his strength against the weak, and all women are supposedly weak compared to him, it follows that a hero must never use physical violence against any woman, ever.

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* The reason why intergender boxing/MMA fights aren't promoted. [[Professional Wrestling]] occasionally subverts it for entertainment value, such as Chyna's Intercontinental title reign.

** Some women in MMA and boxing have a problem with this, arguing that however unlikely they'd be to actually beat most male opponents, competing in the same leagues would give women's MMA a better chance of being taken seriously and making more money.

* A metaphorical example: ''[[The Gruen Transfer|Gruen Nation]]'' commented, that in the leadup to [[Australian Politics|the 2010 Australian Election]], the Coalition seemed unwilling to run ads attacking Prime Minister Julia Gillard herself, as opposed to the Labor Party (albeit probably more because they were worried about how the public would react than any moral qualms on their own part). It was only near the end of the campaign, as things got increasingly frenetic, that ads attacking Julia Gillard ~~appeare~~

* A metaphorical example: ''[[The Gruen Transfer|Gruen Nation]]'' commented, that in the leadup to [[Australian Politics|the 2010 Australian Election]], the Coalition seemed unwilling to run ads attacking Prime Minister Julia Gillard herself, as opposed to the Labor Party (albeit probably more because they were worried about how the public would react than any moral qualms on their own part). It was only near the end of the campaign, as things got increasingly frenetic, that ads attacking Julia Gillard appeared.

*[http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/For-first-time-Iowa-girl-wins-a-state-wrestling?urn=highschool-322846 This guy wouldn't wrestle with a girl.]

** Not altogether uncommon. To quote a teammate of mine from high school: "There's no good way to wrestle a girl. You don't want to lose to a girl and look like a wimp, but if you beat her, you just look like a bully.