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In reply to the discussion: A man was harassing a woman in the elevator. See what she did.♥️ [View all]
LuckyCharms
(22,234 posts)77. You're very wrong.
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life can be challenging when you think with your dick. and so many of them do nt
orleans
17 hrs ago
#167
I had a biology professor in college that said something like that.
WinstonSmith4740
12 hrs ago
#190
He was immobilized after the kick to his crotch. The knee to his head was overkill.
PeaceWave
Yesterday
#9
How was she to know that? I would have been scared to death that he would attack again in that closed space.
AnotherMother4Peace
Yesterday
#15
He never raised his head again after the kick to the crotch. He clearly was no longer a threat.
PeaceWave
Yesterday
#32
Bet you that those who are trying to give the assaulter protection are not female.
efhmc
23 hrs ago
#102
Don't think he'll be pressing charges, but if he does, my money is on her.
Joinfortmill
Yesterday
#17
IMO if she stopped short of debilitating him until the doors opened, this story would have a different ending.
Hope22
12 min ago
#220
No it wasn't and her defense was exactly as women are trained to do when being assaulted
ms liberty
22 hrs ago
#120
The legal standard for self-defense allows individuals to use "reasonable, proportional force."
PeaceWave
Yesterday
#14
Is there a legal limit on beating a potential rapist to the floor? I saw no blood, body parts were still attached
irisblue
Yesterday
#23
This is the problem. Self defense isn't a free pass for unlimited aggression.
PeaceWave
Yesterday
#57
What then is the precise point at which defense ends and aggression begins?
Torchlight
Yesterday
#59
Unlimited aggression would have been empting a full magazine on his self entitled ass.
Attilatheblond
1 hr ago
#212
"If she had killed him for it, she would have been justified." - Sorry, but no, she would not have been justified.
PeaceWave
Yesterday
#75
No. I'm right and no amount of being upset at me (for raising the point) or the legal system (for being what it is)...
PeaceWave
23 hrs ago
#86
See post 27. Keep digging that hole, dear heart. It is such a good look for you.
niyad
20 hrs ago
#130
If you are in that situation, you have every reason to believe someone is going to try and rape you.
FascismIsDeath
13 hrs ago
#189
Not sure about this because she would surely have been in fear of her life. He assaulted her by
PatrickforB
18 hrs ago
#154
Well, if that had gone to trial and she was in the dock on assault charges, and I were on the jury...
Jedi Guy
14 hrs ago
#178
I don't think so. A man is bigger and stronger than a woman, so she would be justified in fearing that if she didn't
tblue37
13 hrs ago
#184
A women who was assaulted in a confined space she cannot readily retreat from can/should use all the force she can
Attilatheblond
2 hrs ago
#206
Golly, maybe if he had smiled more she wouldn't have felt the need to fiercely defend herself until she could escape
Attilatheblond
2 hrs ago
#210
She really dealt with that assaulter but hope she also called security and police to protect other less capable women.
MLAA
Yesterday
#6
There is a (possibly apocryphal) story from many years ago in the London tube
dickthegrouch
Yesterday
#55
Good for her. He has no business putting hands on her. She did excellent. Don't minimize.
Srkdqltr
23 hrs ago
#79
well, i guess i could smile at the camera next time i'm in an elevator -- but i don't think it'll show up very good
orleans
16 hrs ago
#168
Looks fake to me. There's a lot of this stuff getting posted in the "reels"
Liberal In Texas
23 hrs ago
#107
Well done. It falls into the same category then as that bear in the forest question...
PeaceWave
22 hrs ago
#116
It's fake. They're both amateur actors. Made to be click-bait and passed all over social media.
Liberal In Texas
20 hrs ago
#149
Fake or not, if only something like that had happened to a convicted 34-count...
the nelm
16 hrs ago
#170
And if he came at her again when her back was against the wall, she could have been trapped.
ShazzieB
18 hrs ago
#151
My point is that most people want to see who is lurking around behind them.
Omnipresent
9 hrs ago
#193
She was in an enclosed space with someone making unwanted advances, with no way to know how far he was going
DFW
20 hrs ago
#146
'Bought 9-10 years ago, my husband broke up a dude from hitting the dude's girlfriend.
chouchou
16 hrs ago
#172