Italian Goddess said:I don't disagree that many more men rape or assault women than women do to men. However, this does not give any woman the right to resort to violence on a man who is clearly doing something fun, kinky, cute, or similar (such as jizzing on his SO's face while she sleeps).
I think this is part of the problem with the debate...you are seeing violence in response to something 'fun, kinky, cute or similar". However, many of the women responding are seeing the act of coming on a woman's face while she is asleep as an act of violence in and of itself.
One of the definitions of violence is "harm done by violating rights, etc", according to my Webster's professional volume, Copyright 2000. I'm sure there are other definitions out there. But all of them harken back to the central point: Violation, in whatever form that occurs.
Violence in response to violence is as old as time. And while I seriously doubt a woman would chop off her lover's penis just because he came on her face, he IS putting himself in a situation where he might be injured...severely. Is it justified? Perhaps. That all boils down to the individual situation and the people involved.
Just because you don't see it as violence does not mean it isn't.
S.
