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In reply to the discussion: A man was harassing a woman in the elevator. See what she did.♥️ [View all]Attilatheblond
(8,554 posts)207. Shooting someone is a bit more damaging than a groin kick
Last edited Sat Feb 14, 2026, 12:18 PM - Edit history (1)
Emptying a magazine is a bit different that punching until the opportunity to escape becomes available.
Men are generally stronger than most women. Pissed off men are especially dangerous to women. In a confined space with not immediate escape? That woman was in more danger after the groin kick. Kudos to whoever coached her to keep swinging. For all she knew she was fighting for her life, a concept few men seem to understand about how dangerous other men can be to women who refuse their attentions.
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life can be challenging when you think with your dick. and so many of them do nt
orleans
18 hrs ago
#167
I had a biology professor in college that said something like that.
WinstonSmith4740
14 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
Yesterday
#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
2 hrs ago
#220
No it wasn't and her defense was exactly as women are trained to do when being assaulted
ms liberty
Yesterday
#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
3 hrs 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
Yesterday
#86
See post 27. Keep digging that hole, dear heart. It is such a good look for you.
niyad
22 hrs ago
#130
If you are in that situation, you have every reason to believe someone is going to try and rape you.
FascismIsDeath
14 hrs ago
#189
Not sure about this because she would surely have been in fear of her life. He assaulted her by
PatrickforB
20 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
16 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
15 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
4 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
4 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
Yesterday
#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
18 hrs ago
#168
Looks fake to me. There's a lot of this stuff getting posted in the "reels"
Liberal In Texas
Yesterday
#107
Well done. It falls into the same category then as that bear in the forest question...
PeaceWave
Yesterday
#116
It's fake. They're both amateur actors. Made to be click-bait and passed all over social media.
Liberal In Texas
22 hrs ago
#149
Fake or not, if only something like that had happened to a convicted 34-count...
the nelm
18 hrs ago
#170
And if he came at her again when her back was against the wall, she could have been trapped.
ShazzieB
20 hrs ago
#151
My point is that most people want to see who is lurking around behind them.
Omnipresent
11 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
22 hrs ago
#146
'Bought 9-10 years ago, my husband broke up a dude from hitting the dude's girlfriend.
chouchou
18 hrs ago
#172
