Would you help a woman who was being mistreated?

Yes I would help her out. Because no one deserves to be treated that way. I think that the guy should of went to jail. But to me it is glad that you stepped in to help when you did. Good job randalltodd. Your manager should promote you for the good work.

When I worked in West Street as a waitress, I met some men like you to help women who were being mistreated. Once a Chinese man kick and fist a woman,one of our forienger customer shouter at the man" Hey! Are you a man? Why do you fight a woman?" Because the Chinese man and his wife was a little bit far away from us. The man stopped to mistreat the woman after he heard what our customer said. In fact,most of time to help others just like taking a hand from a baby, we dont need to warry much about we will be in trouble.In anothr hand, most of womem do not know or dont want to pretect themselves by law,especially in China.Even in China there is a saying " Even an upright official finds it hard to settle a family quarrel." But I really hope our law can be perfect, and especially there are more and more nice people like you,best wishes!

Good for you! it is nice to hear that real men do indeed still exist in the world. like someone above stated..nowadays its more and more dangerous to try and help ppl. but how can you not? anybody who has a shred of concern or a sense of "doing the right thing" should try and help others when they need it. it may not always mean stepping in and taking physical action (im sure that woman was very thankful for you saving her!), sometimes its just calling 911 and saying "hey, i dont know whats going on, but i think they need help!" and its shocking how many ppl WONT even do that much!! i certainly hope that if/when im in such a situation where i need saving..that there is someone like you around to help!

that was a great. good work! i will also do the same, because helping others who are in need can give you enough courage and strength to help others. its a good thing you didn't get hurt on helping the lady.

i would help by calling 911 ...i would try talking to him and try to calm the situation...stalling to give the police time to arrive... but i would not get phyisical with Him ...its very unlikely i could defeat a Man let alone an angry Man...and it may just escalate things to worst case scenario if He felt cornered... ToriaT

I would without question respond. I was once on the recieving end of such abuse. It was insulting and terrifing actually as to just how many people saw, heard and chose to ignore rather than help. Intervention almost always helps.

Oh that is refreshing. I am glad there are still people in this world not afraid to get involved. I saw on the news last night where this woman was stabbed and people just walked over her as she lay dying. God bless you for helping that lady. Yes I would do what I could in that situation. I don't think I would be able to take him down like you did though, lol.

A lot of people would exactly that..But unfortunetely a couple of weeks back here in Oz this happened and the poor guy got killed for his efforts and the other guy got injured too. They both got stabbed.

I have never found myself in this position. It is so hard for me to believe that some men feel it is almost their right to mistreat their woman. And to do it in public is asking for it. I have often thought about this. What indeed would I do if confronted with this. My gut level answer would be to do just as you did or worse. I respect and love women. I have no use for men that mistreat them. They are little frustrated cowards that find something they can pick on that can't or won't fight back. How they can justify it in there minds I will never understand, or care to. I say bravo to you for helping this woman. There is always a chance you will be the one that gets in trouble but there are some things you just can't let go. This is right at the top as far as I am concerned.

heck yeah i would help her i would handle that guy and keep her safe until she decided what to do :) im all about protecting women

Well of course! if I couldnt stop it, im sure I would call the cops or get someone bigger than I to. Anyone who wouldnt is a jerk.

You are a brave and a kind man. Now most of people will stand around without take a hand. They are afraid to get into trouble. If the woman is the man's wife, you must be in trouble. Once a young soldier ran across a woman who was being hit by a man, then he stop the man and stuggle with him. Then the man was hurt, and the woman (his wife)took the soldier to his arm and the soldier was punished. He nursed a grievance.

My brother and I were out shopping one time and when we were leaving we say a guy slap a woman. My brother and I went over there and asked her if she need any help or if she wanted us to take her somewhere. She told us to leave her alone and mind our own business. You did what all gentlemen should do in that type of situation. Congrats, your one of the few wonderful people left in this world.

sure i will help .. No one would like to see any1 to get hurt!!

I have called the police when our neighbors had gotten into several fights (they often beat each other up or tried to choke each other) but I haven't actually been in a position like you mentioned. I would have gotten help for her (called the police) but at 5'2", I'm not sure how much luck I'd have in trying to actually pull a guy off of someone myself. It's great that you stepped in. I just hope she was smart and left him. Sometimes they end up going back to the guy when he says he is sorry. It's sad. :(

i dont really know what i would do in such a situation, instincts would tell me to help, but if my younger sister is with me, i wouldnt risk her life. admirable how you happen to respect women! good for you

no I wouldn't... why? well because womans always want to be equal to a man... so there are self defense courses... but people aren't normal these days... no normal woman should accept this kind of behavior not even from his husband... with any regards to how much he loves her... I'll always admire a woman capable to kick a man's bottom, if he deserves it... so take self defense courses... cos it's also good for the health... and yes... any man that hits a defenseless woman is a prick... and should "visit" the interior of an hospital with me help (if his small, very skinny and a little drunk:D ):P

I will do the same as you did. That was the right thing to do. No one has the right to hurt a woman even if she is in a relationship especially to the public. Women are here to be loved.. :)

Hey Last summer I think it was~I was walking back to my house from the store and I saw a guy beat his gf's head against the truck they were getting out of and she had a baby in her arms and 2 other kids still in the veicle, I was right on the same side as they were almost right infront of them and he saw me and still continued to yell call her names push her to the ground so I said to her will you be ok while I go call the police and she cried yes please and she yelled her exact address.Her bf knew I was running across to my place to call the police and he continued to beat her with the kids there...Thankfully the police came just as the guy was pulling out to get away and they chased him down the street LOL! I had no problem with them taking him to the station and I waited around to make my statment.Unfortunatly the girl took him back acouple of weeks later.But I think we shouldn't ignore things like that because perhaps we can all prevent something worse from happening to someone even just by calling 911 for the person in need.