I couldn't believe my eyes seeing this advice to teach young boys to hit girls so as to restore the boys' self esteem and pride.
This is the kind of toxic belief that shouldn't be allowed to proliferate here and yet is embraced with open arms by other users.
That boys can only regain their pride and self esteem by hitting girls leads directly to more violence against women and girls.
And if your post was about violence supporting patriarchy I'd be giving you full throated support.
I didn't rewrite it to remove gender out of any specific intent nor does it change my position. It was shorthand because I'm on a phone. Language is imprecise. I shared my interpretation of their words. You are entitled to your own.
Children hitting children is wrong. That is a much more defensible position than specifically saying "boys hitting girls is wrong".
Many men fear the appearance of power abuse. I find it very likely that the op was overcompensating for that fear by calling out that they're children, not adults, thus minimizing any element of physical strength disparity. That leaves only the "children hitting children" problem.
I appreciate where you're coming from but I do not agree with your interpretation 🤷♀️