If you saw a man hitting a women what would you do?

United States
December 4, 2009 11:35am CST
If you were walking down the street or in a store and you saw a man hit a women in the face what would you do? Would you call the police? Would you go hit him? Would you walk away because its none of your business and you don't want to get hurt by him too?
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@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
4 Dec 09
well i have been known to interfere in a fight between a man and a woman on the street (much to my hubbys chargin!) he doesnt want me to get involved but i have shouted at the man and told him to stop. i would call police in heartbeat!
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• United States
4 Dec 09
Its so funny you say that because my hubby would probably do the same thing because he doesn't want to be dragged into it. I think I'd just yell stop and call the cops!
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• India
4 Dec 09
If i see a man hitting a women down the street , i will approach the man and will hit him for sure.Women are sacred in this world.I am saying this because my mom is also a women.Women should be given due respect in everything in this world...
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• United States
4 Dec 09
Good for you! I'm glad to see that you are brave and want to protect someone that needs help! I hope you never see anything like that happen but I'm glad you'd be the right thing
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• India
5 Dec 09
What if the woman had tried to steal money from the man using a knife. However the man had got the better of her. Its surprising how people jump to conclusions that it is the man at fault. And arun soorpanaka was a woman too. If women are sacred then why are there women in jail? Its silly to assume that all women are good and all men are bad.
@Capsicum (1444)
• United States
5 Dec 09
You never know until it happens to you.Though I hope ,I would help the victim by distraction until help arrived. I have spoke up and stopped a few fights but would never do this now.I have realized that its not worth getting yourself hurt .Nine times out of ten the women is a codependent, of this type of behavior. If I saw them as a couple.If it where a older person my lengths would be greater as it would be obvious that they were being abused without consent.
@Capsicum (1444)
• United States
5 Dec 09
Yes it is more common than you think! As for the truly helpless ,I would give it my best shot to help them.
• United States
5 Dec 09
There is a post on here of a man that did the something... tried to help a women who was being hit and the man AND the women went after him! all he was doing was trying to help... i still cant believe that!
• Philippines
5 Dec 09
I think i would reprimand him to stop his beating and if the man would not stop i may either call the police to facilitate the two couples arguing then encourages her girlfriend to file against her boyfriend for physical assault and injury so that the woman involve wold no longer be abuse. because longer toleration maybe dangerous for a long time as simple beating it may level up to being murder.
• United States
5 Dec 09
Thats true but scary... most men that hit there women do not get better they get worst. If they can hit their gf or wife why cant the kick them, punch them, ect.... soon it could lead to killing them.
@umer5222 (724)
• Cyprus
4 Dec 09
Girls sometime think its ok to hit men, because the man can't hit back right? Wrong, if the man doesn't hit the woman, but she hits him, she should burst her same. Though there are some exceptions to this, if the girl weighs 95 pounds soaking wet holding a brick... don't hit her back, slap her around a little but don't hit her. If guy weigh 250 pounds, so i can't really say that i would hit him, neither i can walk away.I would ask her whole story, how it happened, if he is her husband I would call the police,but if he is some stranger or her friend, then it is not possible for me to keep quite and watch, I will call my friends. If it is possible i will follow him to search his house. Then i will come there with my cop, and everybody will contribute their burst. My friends are very also sincere and honest. They cannot remain quite in this situation.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
5 Dec 09
umer5222 slap her around a little
• United States
4 Dec 09
It is wrong for women to hit a man... no one should hit anyone but i don't think a women hitting a man could do the same damage.
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@Capsicum (1444)
• United States
6 Dec 09
You would be surprised how many men are abused.I know of three couples, that do it all the time.Ugg what is normal to some is way beyond others comprehension, do to circumstances that bring these people to such extremes.
@snafushe (791)
• Canada
5 Dec 09
I'd call the police and then I'd yell at him and ask him if that made him feel like a man. If he touched me he'd be facing charges either way.. I'd probably sack him right in the money spot too, so yeah hahaha.
@snafushe (791)
• Canada
5 Dec 09
I sure hope so, and if it doesn't he's just asking for more beats.
• United States
5 Dec 09
lol well said! Maybe that will make him think before he puts his hands on a women again!
@cream97 (29086)
• United States
5 Dec 09
Hi, Jennifer. I would call the police and I would do it so fast that no one would have noticed me. I would walk away and get help, I want to see this man spend some time behind bars, where he belongs.
@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
4 Dec 09
If I saw a man hitting a woman, I would definitely try to help her out. I would do my best to help her out. I think that I'd find it difficult to just stand by and not do anything. After all, if I was in that situation, I would appreciate someone helping out, whether I knew the person or not. Helping this woman out is the right thing to. In my opinion, it'd be kind of wrong to not do anything.
• United States
4 Dec 09
Yeah i don't think I'd be able to stand there and do nothing. I think yelling would be like automatic.. like i wouldn't even think about it I'd just go over and yell to stop... hoping for the best!
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
5 Dec 09
I would definitely try to defend her the best I could even if the jerk hitting her was a lot bigger and stronger then me. I guess if I could distract him long enough she would be able to call the cops or something. I think it really takes a scumbag to be able to strike something so beautiful as a woman.
• United States
5 Dec 09
I couldnt agree more. Good for you for doing the right thing even if you knew he was bigger... that shows you really are and are brave :0
@billi65 (29)
5 Dec 09
This is a bit of a tricky one really and has a few differing opinions. Being a gay man, I have encountered many lesbian women who are quite happy to beat a man up and they are all for equality so why shouldn't a man hit a woman back? People seem to forget that there are many situations where men are victims of domestic violence and even rape. Not all women are high heel wearing and feminine! I have worked as a night club doorman and have encountered many violent drunk women and they ae just as vicious if not worse. One of our other staff even had a stilleto heel put through his skull. Maybe the split second on deciding to hit a woman or not might have avoided the incident. People fight for equal rights so let it be equal. So, in answer to your question..yes I would call the police as I would in any violent situation. No, I would not hit the man, that could prove disastrous.
• United States
5 Dec 09
Wow... i never would have thought a women would be more vilent than i man. Thank you for bring up the point that all domestic violence is 100% wrong and should not be done! I don't care if its a man hitting a women or a women hitting a man! No one has the right to hurt another person!
• United States
4 Dec 09
If I saw a man hit a woman, I would walk over to him and ask him what the problem was. After he says whatever he wants to say, I'd hit him back =D In reality though, no one shouldn't being hitting anyone. The man shouldn't have hit the woman and the woman (and myself of course) shouldn't hit the man. It's domestic violence. Of course if I really saw this happening, I would be curious and look at what was going on between the two. If it escalated, I would try to step in and understand their problem even though it's none of my business. I just want to help, and if it's to the point where no one can really do anything about it, I would call the police. Of course I don't want to do anything reckless either because I don't want to get hit by the guy who has no self control over himself to not hit the woman.
• United States
4 Dec 09
if they were just yelling i would watch too.... i would only get in their business if they started hurting each other... than i would have no choice.
• Philippines
5 Dec 09
hola jennifer_lee_88. the very best way to do is call a police to stop them. im afriad to step them myself alone. because im afriad they might hit me also. then let the police handle the situation. just that simple. :)
• United States
5 Dec 09
That would be the best way about it wouldn't it? I would hope I'd react the same way but you can never be to sure how you will act until it happens to you!
• United States
5 Dec 09
abuse of any kind is around in this day and age of all the hate crimes this is the most universally wrong it is never ever ever good to hit a woman its like kicking a baby or a puppy/kitten it just makes your body twitch as if something is wrong with the world. i remember dateline NBC showing a special on the subject where a man hitting a woman many ppl either called the cops or personally went in to stop in...i believe defending another person is justified...cuz if that was your mother, sis, daughter, niece. its wrong. but domestic violence as a whole is just wrong cuz when the roles where reverse ppl did the same thing and best of all it was still more women defending than men.....so to all of womankind lol thanks for being protectors lol.
• United States
5 Dec 09
lol Nice comment... very well said. I never saw that tv show but i'd love to check it out. Thats a cool idea of setting something up to see what people do. I'm glad that most people stepped it.
@libo4645 (22)
• China
5 Dec 09
The first beat him up,but then told the police
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
5 Dec 09
this is where its kind of tricky. not knowing them and if i would go and stop him and we end up fighting if they are b/f and g/f or married she would jump in and be back with him. and i'll be in trouble. but i would call the cops for sure, and depend how bad he was beating on her i might have to take that chance in helping her
@ck3259 (248)
• Malaysia
5 Dec 09
I'll try to go in front and help the women by stop the man. If the man very tough I'll call police, to avoid being hit by that man also. Although is none of my business, but we should protect anyone else that being hurt or bully by someone even thought they have particular reason. There are a lots of solution but not violence. There are acts that protect woman and children, since everyone should treat equally and human being should love each others.
@alem433 (60)
• China
5 Dec 09
if i saw a man hit a woman,i will run over and impede the man.i hate that someone didn't respect the women.i hope more and more people can respect the equity of women.
• India
5 Dec 09
First i will stop him and ask for matter and when he is on start i give him one slap on his face with outlisting his words/know about his realtionship with her and told him that MY this slaps remind you what that lady felt when you hit her in the street.
• Philippines
5 Dec 09
If I saw a thing like that, I won't hesitate to protect the woman and get her away from the man unless she don't want me to help her. It may be too late if I call and wait for the police's respond.
@bhawanee (174)
• India
5 Dec 09
I will definitely hit him and hand him over to the police.