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Originally Posted by Phage
The bottom line is that it is up to the injured parties(the woman in this case) to decide if she liked it or not, and if she did not if it requires punishment. Nobody has asked the woman, so anyone attacking the actions of the boyfriend are poking their nose someplace it does not belong.
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You have a point that nobody has asked the woman, but to assume that just because she is silent about it means that she is consenting to being hit is really beyond the pale. She should absolutely be responsible for her own actions, but to turn a blind eye to the situation really isn't being a good friend. All the guy was asking was what, if anything, he should do about the situation. One option would be to shrug and do nothing. Another would be to bring down the hammer on the guy for hitting a woman. I think a reasonable response would be somewhere in the middle: to make sure the guy understands that *abuse* in a relationship is not okay. (Hope that choice of words doesn't set you off
) From either party. Hang out with a battered woman or two and see if you don't change your opinions about the situation. You're really struggling hard to be offended by what are some pretty reasonable assumptions.