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In reply to the discussion: I'm 55 years old and have never owned a gun in my life. [View all]DeschutesRiver
(2,354 posts)where a gay or lesbian person of a smaller size must defend again an attacker or attackers of much greater size, during a bashing incident where the attackers merely use their larger size/strength or numbers to accomplish the act.
The smaller person is going to die in that case, if that is what the bashers intend to accomplish.
Same is true for any woman who has an ex husband who cares not about a stupid piece of paper called a restraining order, and where the ex is bashing down the door, the cops are busy elsewhere, and are unable to get there. And the husband isn't even armed, merely has the advantage of size and strength. And he beats her to death. Domestic violence is not an uncommon thing.
Those women often die by nothing more than the hands of the attacker who has an advantage of size/strength.
The above situations are quite common; maybe reading about them so much means that familiarity has bred contempt. I don't know why someone thinks it is okay to let this happen in a situation where there is no way for the victim to have the physical strength to fend off such a thing. I can completely understand why someone in any of these situations would choose to equalize their ability to defend themselves from an attack.
And if someone has never walked a mile in their shoes, or has been fortunate enough to not have this occur in their circle of family and friends, they should indeed be grateful for the gift of a charmed life, instead of dispensing with the need for empathy for others who haven't had such a soft path in their lives or who must do more to increase their odds of surviving such crap storms.