[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Oh, I'm not saying we can't be, well, that word I feel I can use and you shouldn't ( ). I've known some women who were just awful emotionally to their alleged "friends" and "boyfriends." And honestly, if we weren't such catty, backstabbing bitches to each other, I think women would be a lot farther along, politically and economically.

And I agree, Brian, violence is not an ideal situation. But at the base of every conflict, there's that implied threat- verbal fights degenerate into fistfights, not the other way around. And when it's guy vs. girl, one half of the conflict has a physical advantage.

Though how awesome would it be to live in a world where a physical fight was the "light" end of fighting and a verbal battle was for when it got really ugly? Holy cow; I've got a short film in that idea. Nobody steal it!

GR: I can't imagine living in a relationship where there is a implied threat of violence(well I did have that with the old man). Anyone who puts up with that..I feel for.