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Originally Posted by Redway

I don’t know. I just feel like in many ways it infantilises grown-arse women. Women have more pelvic strength than men in any case (otherwise men would be able to give birth) so it’s not a fact that women are generally weaker than men in every physical domain. Not to deny that dangerous men can pose obvious dangers to women but “women and children” in many ways harks back to a sexist time.

Redway I don't mean to be grim here but the strength difference between men and women can't and should not be overlooked.

The vast majority of physically-able adult men if going all out, can quite easily beat a woman or child to death with their bare hands. It can, and does, happen.

It is almost impossible for the average woman to beat an adult man to death (or even severe injury) with their bare hands. They'd have to at the very least be combat trained, and against a below average strength man.

Can a woman severely beat a man, yes, but it will essentially always have involved a blunt instrument, not fists.

There is no comparison and anyone suggesting g that the average adult male is not a clear physical threat to the average adult female is sadly completely wrong.