These different applications of empathy remind me of this I read yesterday. Gender diffs when element of 'deserved'https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/795385292676997120 …
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@AlphaLackey Size/strength of parties is routinely used to determine guilt in assault cases stemming from fights betewen men. -
If that were a comparably sized / strong man, this event wouldn't even make the news. If the victor was a woman->
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even a larger one, this would make the "funny" part of the news, even if the guy did die from his injuries.
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This is an imbalance, yes. It shouldn't lead us to lose all sense of proportion re minimum force.
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The thing is, it's not like he went berzerk and began beating her unconscious body. He used the minimum atomic->
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amount of force (one strike) possible, and stopped as soon as the fight ended. If she hit her head on the grass->
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It can certainly be hard to judge the minimum amount of force needed to protect self & possible consequences.
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That wld be a reasonable argument.Agenda-driven gloating & throwing out of all ideas of minimum force is not
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If i took a swing at a stronger man, and he knocked me out, there would be zero sympathy for men, and I'd deserve none.
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I'd have sympathy if a powerfully built yng man fractured a smaller, older man's skull rather than walking away or restraining!
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