I've recently been reading a comic somebody posted on youtube, and it got me thinkging about a question thats been buzzing around my head for some time. It's ok for a man to hit a man, and its ok for a girl to hit a girl, and its ok for a girl to hit a man, but it's not ok for a guy to hit a girl. In fact, it's not just ok. If a guy hits a girl, 10,000 pregnant ladies somewhere miscarriage and a building blows up. It's apparently the worst thing a guy can do in the world. Hitler doesn't have anything on a guy who hits a girl.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think anybody should beat up anybody, but there seems to be this double standard that exists. On one hand, I can understand it. If i was to beat up a 125lbs guy, that would be pretty bad. However, if i was to beat up a 125lbs girl, apparently that would be so much worse. So, I guess i'm wondering, should the "girls are weak and pathetic and unable to protect themselves" mentality still exist, or are we ready to move beyond that as a society?