I did point out to him that, modestly, I've kicked a bunch of dudes in the nuts, and it really didn't have any far reaching effects except for the everything's on fire right now in mindblowing pain.
Which I dig--we all like to avoid pain from time to time, especially pain that's short-circuiting you, as opposed just sending noisy signals to your brain. The pain is a lot more than feet-meet-nut.
But the seat of your persona isn't actually between your legs...
Or is it? Hec, you'd tell us if that were true, right?
People will say "Bless you," but he keeps sneezing.
Q: "What's the secret of your long life?"
Mel Brooks as the 2000-year-old man: "I sneeze a lot. Every time I sneeze, someone says 'God bless you.'"
On a semi-related note, and also thanks to reading other things on the internet, am I OK to roll my eyes just a little at people who are angry when people use language that implies (e.g.) that the group of people with penises is the same as the group of men?
I realize the groups are not 100% congruent, but seriously? We can't talk about women's reproductive rights anymore?
Yep.
Awesome. I would have been so tempted to yell "MR. BEEBE! MATCHES!!" at him.
but I find myself caring less and less about what dudes want respected on their bodies when it is clear that respect for what I want to do with my own body, as a woman, is steadily and ENTHUSIASTICALLY eroded legislatively.
Exactly this. Dudes, we get that your man-parts are sacred to you. Our woman-parts are equally sacred to us. Therefore comprehend that endangering my woman-parts gives me reason to endanger your man-parts.
I'm pretty sure I'd be okay with kicking rapists in the nuts even if reproductive health wasn't under legislative attack.
Also if someone is trying violence against me, and I have no safe options for retreat - if I have gun I will totally use it. (I don't own a gun, and if I were going to get one I'd get permit and training and only carry it where it is legal. But I don't know why if someone uses violence against me, a gun is excluded for self-defense.)