Thoughts? (Be honest)
(Lose attraction/respect) Yes because I want to feel safe with my man
nothing would change in our relationship
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These would make me lose respect for a man:
- If he didn't defend himself or me when attached and allowed one of us to get hurt
- If he lost badly while the other guy had no specific advantage because he lacked character or spirit (let's call it testosterone)
- If he beat up someone else for no reason, especially if that other guy was visibly weaker and the fight would result in humiliating him
- If he said he won't even try to protect his girlfriend because he's weaker than her so it'd make "more sense" for her to protect him (yes, I've heard that from a guy before).
I'm not going to lie, if the guy I was with turned out to be a wimp that would be a huge turn off but before leaving him, I'd try to motivate him to work on himself. I'm afraid us women can't completely control our response to seeing one man dominating another because it's instinctive. It's important we chose a mate who can protect us and our future children. But it's also unreasonable to feel this way every time he loses at something because "there's always a bigger mountain".
It's all about his character - will he fight with all he's got if there's no other way to keep us from harm? Will he try to avoid conflicts that could end in a fight or impulsively jump into dangerous situations? All I can say is it's a lot more attractive to see a man get injured trying to protect his woman than beating someone up or fighting for fun. Pride is also severely overvalued. All in all, fighting should be done on friendly terms (if it's fun for some people) or reserved for protection.
As for boxing - it's a sport, obviously he's going to win and lose many times. I'd never date a boxer though because after a couple of years of getting hit on the head it starts to take a toll on them and I need my partner to retain his cognitive functions for as long as possible.
I think this is one of the most honest answers. Thank you.
If you really love the man, I don’t see how that would matter. All you’d want is for him to not hurt himself. I can’t agree with either option listed because I’d feel my nurturing instinct kick in. I know he’ll be a big boy and can take care of himself, but I wouldn’t want my boyfriend to get into a fight not because he wouldn’t win, but because I don’t want him to win and beat another guy to a pulp. Like most women I want to know he can keep me safe, but I don’t want to test it unless it was an actual life or death scenario or it was a controlled boxing match/fight.
I don’t know if any other girls can relate, but that’s my take on it.
The second image posted was a boxing match tho
Both would raise my attraction tbh. Yeah, being good at fighting is hot, but getting the snot knocked out of you is hot too.
So the main difference is I'd prefer he won so that he wouldn't get hurt. I wouldn't lose respect for him (personally my respect is mainly to character) and I certainly wouldn't lose attraction to him, but I would dislike that he got hurt.
What about you? Do you think if your woman lost a fight that you may lose some respect or attraction to her?
Nope. The womans fighting ability has no correlation to attraction in my opinion. I want to protect her anyway.
Alright.
No matter how tough you think your boyfriend is there is always someone tougher. I would actually hope he would do his best to avoid a fight so we can enjoy the rest of our day. He doesn't need to prove how tough he is to me. Rather I would hope he proved how loving he was instead.
Honestly it would be embarrassing because I love a man who can protect me. Losing a fight doesn't necessarily mean he can't fight... but still it's embarrassing... but losing a fight is also human, you can't always win a fight, so I would say If you really love the man you should put the negative feelings aside and focus on taking care of him. Losing a fight must be tough for the man as well, I think no man would want his woman to see him in that condition.
Nothing would change for me but it’s kinda hot (and realistic) that she felt that way. I’d warm her to be careful of Dylan though and not let it get past masturbating.
Well if it's "hot and realistic that she would feel that way" then in my opinion she doesn't see her boyfriend as a capable man anymore and that means they should end the relationship. If she unconsciously is looking for a different man who is turning her on more (and masterbating to that thought). And who is more physically capable then the boyfriend would be living a lie of he stays in the relationship.
This whole situation seems messed up from a male perspective so I don't know.
She’s reacting to primal instincts by getting turned on by Dylan. I personally don’t feel that way but I don’t blame her either.
Fair enough.
Although I am not going to talk about male primal instincts.
Probably a good idea. Dylan’s an asshole but I suspect he has a nice bod.
I would just support him and be there for him, because I feel like if I tried to comfort him he would feel like less of a man.. I’m not sure as I’ve never been in this scenario, but that’s what I would do.
I would first and foremost make sure he is okay and not hurt. but my feelings towards him wouldn’t change because of something like that
How do you know? We don't control our feelings. Maybe that's what you feel right now.
because my interest doesn’t lie in how well he can fight. I have dated a guy who didn’t know how to fight. he was amazing, in so many different ways, so him not knowing how to fight didn’t make a difference.
Ok thanks for sharing your perspective
Those were old troll posts which you were looking for... why?
I happened to stumble upon them and wanted to see if that's how most women feel or not. Out of curiosity.
Even i, as 18 year old, know these posts. Older guys showed them to me and we had a laugh at some of the ridiculous comments down there.
Besides, i don't see myself watching someone assault my partner, with me just doing nothing about it. Just like i don't see my boyfriends watching someone beat me up. This is not how it works.
And why is only the loss brought up? What, the victories don't matter?
Anthony Joshua lost fights as well, and yet, he is considered among the best, because of his victories.
I myself have lost a fight to a girl, in front of boys. What now, i should be single to the rest of my life?
No because men don't care about their womans fighting capability. It's irrelevant for us. On the other hand women want to feel safe and protected with the man they are dating. And I'm not saying men that lost a fight or can't fight should stay single forever I'm just trying to see how the overall majority of women feel regarding this subject.
Yet again - "And why is only the loss brought up? What, the victories don't matter?
Anthony Joshua lost fights as well, and yet, he is considered among the best, because of his victories."
And believe me, i don't ask the guys i date, how well can he fight and if he has ever lost a fight. I am interested in relationships, not in opening a fight club.
I would not care, I would look after him as he is my man. To get turned off by that would say a lot about that woman's character and is kinda pathetic if you ask me.
Wouldn't care. It's stupid to fight. Even if, say he was doing it as sports or to protect me, I wouldn't like him participating. If he loses, I'd baby the fuck out of him. He's alive and that's everything to me.
Purely hypothetical as I'm single but I would hope that I'm not vain enough to change my opinion of someone based on a loss especially if it's someone I'm supposed to care for.
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