Is the ''What did you just say'' reconfirmation meant to place fear, submission?

[Anonymous]

That's always done in these situations:

- An abusive relationship, as in ''oh how dare you defy me, say it to my face'' and then if you say it, it's followed by a slap, punch or a beating.

- One of those old-fashioned parents ready to spank with a belt or other hard household objects unless you said ''No, nothing'', which is then followed by a warning.

- Your teacher or another person of authority and if you repeat what you said, it's a detention or suspension unless you said ''No, nothing''.

- When someone is ready to fight you and is daring you to repeat it again in their faces, unless you back down.

Either way, it's always meant to place some type of fear, submission isn't it? They heard it very clearly the first time.

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It's like you're doomed in any of those cases. You get busted in many different ways if you proceed to repeating what you said.

[BetaBucks]

And sometimes it's just "I didn't hear you. Please repeat?"

[Ariesman81]

It's definitely meant to test your cajones

[Asker]

yes and if you repeat it without having any ability to defend yourself afterwards, you're screwed

[Asker]

a large, strong teenager (or one that knows self-defense) that's totally badass can wrestle that belt or object away from that parent's hands. Same thing for the other person wanting to fight you. As for the teacher example, if that teen is a badass he won't care about detention or suspension.

[Ariesman81]

Yeah... which is why you need to watch what you say. The threat of violence is always prevalent. Especially between men. To a lesser extent between men and women. Though... I'm of the belief that if a woman runs her mouth she shouldn't be surprised if her lip gets smacked off.

[Asker]

What I've noticed with us is while surprisingly many men still restrain themselves (there is always one that doesn't care but the majority aren't like that), another bigger, larger woman won't hesitate to pop her one.

[Ariesman81]

Yeah... consequences are necessary in order to keep the peace