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What would you expect a woman to do?

What would you expect a woman to do in this situation?

  • Get a description, stay calm, dont make sudden movements, call the cops later..

    Votes: 1 4.3%

  • Throw herself at the gunman and fight for her loved ones, because not doing so would be cowardice.

    Votes: 3 13.0%

  • Other, explain.

    Votes: 19 82.6%
  • Total voters
    23
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If someone broke into her house and held her at gunpoint tell her he/she is going to rape her husband or her kids?
 
I'd expect her to strap on an "implement" and anally abuse you until someone qualified came to your assistance.
 
Shoot the hell out of him.
 
Josie said:
Shoot the hell out of him.
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no, that would be mean and violent. In fact, probably the only reason the criminal is in the house is because wicked people like this woman keep dangerous instruments.

The proper response for this woman is to inform the intruder that this is a No Violence Zone.
 
Oh wait....the Colorado crazies would say to vomit or pee and that will make the intruder go away.
 
Capster78 said:
If someone broke into her house and held her at gunpoint tell her he/she is going to rape her husband or her kids?
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Being that in this situation, the rapist will almost surely have a size and strength advantage over the woman, I'm really not too impressed with the question, if you're trying to make a comparison to the other thread currently running.

That being said, if I had my gun within reach, I'd do my damndest to shoot the SOB, and if that was not an option, every ounce of energy and thought would go into trying to kill him, outsmart him, and prevent him from touching my loved ones. If he's planning to rape my children, he will not be able to hold me at gunpoint at the same time.
 
This thread doesn't do justice to the many who have faced traumatic experiences and survived. In life or death (rape included) situations we don't judge the survivors for their actions. We judge the perpetrator. If the man or woman fights to the death kicking and screaming or submits. That's her choice, we don't get to judge.
 
I cannot imagine any parent be willing to be submissive if their child was in danger of being raped or killed. It has nothing to do with women or men other than which part of the attackers body they went for first.
 
Yeah, he wants this to be about his view that women believe their lives are more important than men's lives. It was never about that, never about gender. It's all about what would a person, any person, do to save someone they loved from being brutalized and possibly murdered.

Some individuals seem to think the most logical course of action is to let the criminal do whatever he wishes to said loved ones, as long as what the criminal wishes to do is to someone else rather than him. :shrug:
 
Capster78 said:
If someone broke into her house and held her at gunpoint tell her he/she is going to rape her husband or her kids?
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The reality is that once an intruder has complete control of your very young children? He has control of you. If the intruder intends to do you or your children harm? If he sees you and knows you know he has your children? IMO, you're screwed. Rather like the Kobayashi Maru.
 
I'd expect her to do exactly the same thing I would.

i.e.

Not do anything stupid that's simply going to get her killed, and take any opening that she happens to find if she has the courage to do so.

She might not be as strong as I am, but that doesn't mean that she can't clobber a hypothetical rapist over a head with a lamp or other similarly heavy object if he becomes momentarily distracted with something else.

It's possible that she might even have an advantage in this regard, as the rapist may not view her as being enough of a threat to warrant keeping his guard up.
 
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I think this dual needs to be moved somewhere else.

As elsewhere, the only two choices given in the poll are not the only 2 possibilities, it is impossible to answer without almost an infinitely long clarification of details, and unless someone has been in similar situations they don't have a clue what they or anyone else would do.
 
Capster78 said:
If someone broke into her house and held her at gunpoint tell her he/she is going to rape her husband or her kids?
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My wife would do what she could to stop it. I would risk my life to save my family and my wife would risk her life to save her family. She is actually probably more likely than I am to do something rash that will get everyone killed. Asian women who grew up hard don't scare easy.
 
Josie said:
Oh wait....the Colorado crazies would say to vomit or pee and that will make the intruder go away.
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Perhaps if she grabbed a pair of scissors?
 
I am not a woman, but judging from my gut reaction I would do whatever it takes to stop him if my kids were in danger. Its a lot worse than the other poll question where he would rape your wife. Him raping them is almost like killing them, and in fact they may die from being raped. Hence, if I had any possibilities I would grab something to stop him with, such as a baseball bat.
 
DiAnna said:
Yeah, he wants this to be about his view that women believe their lives are more important than men's lives. It was never about that, never about gender. It's all about what would a person, any person, do to save someone they loved from being brutalized and possibly murdered.
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This I agree with.

Some individuals seem to think the most logical course of action is to let the criminal do whatever he wishes to said loved ones, as long as what the criminal wishes to do is to someone else rather than him. :shrug:
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This is kind of thing I can't entirely get behind.

While everyone here is preening around -- men and women both -- about how they'd do this, or they'd do that, here's the reality: most of you probably wouldn't.

And here's another reality: that isn't necessarily the wrong decision.

We're talking about a situation that's very close to "certain death" if you try to do anything.

Here's the thing. If the guy kills you (which he almost certainly will), what the hell are you gonna do to stop him from harming your family?

Not only would you die completely in vain, but now your spouse has lost a partner and/or your children a parent.

Great job. But at least you went out with comically gigantic balls, eh?

If someone has the means of doing something, and they feel able to make a play for it, and they're willing to take the risk on just making everything worse, good--no, GREAT for them. I wish everyone was in that situation.

But the cold, hard truth is that most people aren't. When someone is holding a gun to your head, there are a very limited number of ways you can improve the situation, and in any given circumstance, you probably don't have access to any of them at that moment.

The best thing you can do is get some defense training (a gun by itself won't help if he sees you make a move) and just hope you never wind up in that situation.

What would I do? What would I expect a man to do?

The answer's the same: depends on the situation.

But in the majority of situations? Someone literally holding a gun to the other's head?

I would expect either him or myself to sit the **** down and not get themselves killed trying to pretend they're Superman.

Just being real.
 
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It's easy to huff and puff about what you would do, but when it comes down to it, you don't know until it's happening.

Fear for the safety of loved ones, truly loved ones, will drive any person male or female, to defend even to the point of disregard for their own safety.
Rational, logical thinking doesn't neccessarily come into play, it is an instinct ingrained into the fiber of our beings.

It has become dulled through the years for many people, relying on others to provide the protection, or disconnecting from their purpose of protecting the family unit. Letting it happen to others as long as it's not happening to them.

How sad our society has become when we rely on others to do what we ourselves should be doing.
 
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