Jezebel: Punch Annoying Frat Boys

Dummies! Start walloping, girls.

As a social lubricant, alcohol is both a blessing and a curse. If you haven’t run into obnoxious, belligerent drunks, you haven’t partied hard enough. It comes with the territory.

When dudebros make annoying remarks in passing most sane people take it in stride. They’re trying to impress their buds. More often than not, it’s done in jest.

Unfortunately some spend so much time reading about “patriarchy theory” that they fail to notice the pencil lodged up their anus. Instead of seeing strength in ignoring unwanted attention and walking on, they glorify hostile overreactions.

Jezebel reposted a piece entitled ‘Why I Punched a Stranger,’ recalling one lesbian’s experience in the streets.

Here’s how it all started:

My girlfriend and I were walking along Harvard Avenue, a heavily trafficked main street in Allston. We were headed home from a party about a fifteen minutes from our place. In the one block between Commonwealth and Brighton, three separate men or groups of men verbally harassed us – a very typical female experience, practically guaranteed for lesbian couples. They said things like ‘hey baby’ and ‘you girls wanna sleep with me tonight?’ as well as the eloquent ‘OHHHH!’, an urgent effort to draw attention to two women holding hands.

No group is immune to harassment. Women make inappropriate sexual comments, typically directed at younger men. The difference is men take it as a complement instead of griping about it. We have bigger threats to be concerned about. Like douchebags who egg on other males, looking for fights.

Gay men holding hands receive negative attention so in a sense it’s not “a very typical female experience.” It’s what occasionally happens when you deviate from cultural norms in public. This is the real world, not a Women’s Studies course. You can’t easily banish perceptions that conflict with liberal indoctrination.

She goes on:

At the next block, another dude said something. I don’t even remember what it was. I don’t think it makes a difference. I turned around, swung, and punched him. It took him by great surprise and his face immediately changed to one of anger and hate as he started yelling at me, ‘what the fuck, you fucking dyke! you fucking faggot!’ This happened to occur right outside of a bar with 15 or so people outside, who stared as Michelle pulled me close to her as we crossed the street. Peeling off onto a side street, we were followed by violent hollers until they faded out. ‘fucking faggot!’ I sobbed the rest of the way home.

Isn’t it incredible that she assaulted a man yet still sees herself as the victim? Physically thrashing someone over mere words makes her the biggest asshole of all. Also, she’s lucky all she got in return were “violent hollers,” after initiating violence on a random dude in the group.

Phil in Utah of ‘A Voice for Men’ is one sarcastic character;

No, you don’t understand. This guy was saying things to her. SAYING things! She was well within her rights to hit him, because women are such delicate, fragile flowers that can’t bear to have anything about them challenged in any way, shape, or form. If a woman punches a man for a crude remark that she can’t even remember, that’s perfectly fine, because she was just lashing out against the Patriarchy, and doing her part to help end Rape Culture.

Judging by the comments, the Jezebel community as a whole believes throwing a punch is a reasonable reaction to verbal harassment. That is, as long as it’s a woman dishing it out, and on the condition that the target is male. They’ve made this assessment from a position of privilege as most men won’t hit back.

If you don’t have time to read them, I’ll sum a few up. “I applaud you for standing up for yourself and women everywhere.” “You did the right thing.” “This’ll teach men to watch themselves.” “Men have no idea what it’s like for us.”

They’re so myopic that they believe they have a monopoly on being victims of harassment. Apparently, men don’t know what it’s like to be confronted by a band of jerks. You see, we’re living in this putrid “rape culture,” and lesbian women have it worse than anybody.

So there you have it. If a frat boy makes a stupid, suggestive comment, punch him in the face. It’s “gay bashing” in reverse. Literally.

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9 Comments

  1. Topguard

    “The difference is men take it as a complement instead of crying about it. We have bigger threats to be concerned about. Like assholes who egg others on, looking for fights.”

    There’s some confusion on the Reddit discussion about this article, people are wondering who the “assholes” in this statement are. Some think you’re talking about the lesbian women, others feel you mean other men who are looking for fights to get into.

    Care to clarify?

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  2. Adam Geddes

    I was speaking hypothetically about male provocateurs.

    It’s highly possible she made a snide comment or two after they said ‘hey baby,’ etc (then omitted this from the story). If she didn’t engage them at all, why was the guy in such close proximity before she hit him? Totally speculating here, but only because the story is fishy. She couldn’t even recall what the guy said before she struck him, yet remembers other dialog perfectly.

    Thanks for letting me know, Topguard.

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  3. Josh jackson

    That sad thing is I can’t even voice my anger as a male at this situation because being a male talking about male rights is quickly dismissed by anybody that has felt victimized by a man. The double standard is horrifying.

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  4. Justin

    As someone who has lived in Allston and walked up and down Harvard Ave many times I can say that they were in close proximity because, while not incredibly narrow, the sidewalks aren’t all that wide and they’re always crowded with people at night.

    I’ve walked up and down this street at numerous times, with women as well, and no one has ever yelled anything at them. I’ve never seen anyone harassing people as they walk by either. Well scratch that, I’ve seen the panhandlers harassing people, but never seen “dudebros” doing it.

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  5. I just have to say that I am a woman and I find what she did to be very wrong. I personally believe she wasn’t justified in hitting that man. I am a bit of a pacifist and that may be why, but I don’t believe violence should be used in situations especially this. This woman acted irrationally and should feel ashamed of what she did. Men have problems to.

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  6. Greg

    By this logic, it’s ok to punch dumb sorority girl too, right? Because nothing solves discrimination like reverse discrimination.

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  7. Man

    Go back to kitchen you dumb bitch.

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  8. GVEST

    So let’s say a guy is at the bar with his girlfriend and some douchebag starts flagrantly hitting on her, saying ‘come on why are you with this little bitch, come home to me and i will fuck you real good’ would anybody say the boyfriend is out of line for punching this guy in the face? This isn’t a uniquely female issue, nor a uniquely homosexual issue. It’s a matter of pride/dignity.

    Have you never heard the phrase ‘them’s fightin’ words?’ it’s really that simple.

    So next time you’re at the bar and somebody hits on your significant other in a vulgar way you better not do anything about it. Why don’t you take it as a compliment? Don’t you have better things to deal with? Wow you must be so delicate! Right……

    All in all I think this article was poorly put together and has fucking stupid reasoning, maybe even stoopider than the article it lampoons.

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  9. Judd

    @GVEST: A man hitting on another man’s girl is always seen as a potential threat/opponent(whereas a man isn’t a sexual threat to a lesbian couple, just an annoyance) by that man. It’s justified to take action against him with violence or the threat of violence because the other man is capable of fighting back.

    In this instance, the man was obviously not a sexual threat to their relationship. He also wasn’t able to hit the girl back.

    This is what true equality would look like:
    -Man catcalls lesbian couple
    -Lesbian punches man in the face
    -Man beats lesbian bloody for getting physical with him

    But men and women are not equal. And men allow women certain privileges because they’re delicate and weak. Women are really incapable of seeing how privileged they are.

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