yeah, well, he is kinda right... though
I think so. I know a women whose a tutor at a women's self-defense class, and she tells women that the best defense is to run. As she says, there are few women, even if trained, who can feel confident about out fighting a man.
In fantasy it's different. Cinema, tv are full of heroines who beat up men, from Emma Peel to Wonder Woman. And plenty of art depicting girls getting the better of men, I've drawn a lot. I just thought, in the interests of equal opertunity, I'd do a drawing where the guy wins.
Nothing sinister, or anti-women. I've drawn girls giving men brutal kicks to the groin, and nobodies ever got angry about it. That's why the fury shown by a couple of people here took me by surprise.
Did she also mention that the best defense for men is also to run? If you are in a self defense class you aren't there to learn to kick ass in a competitive fight, you are there to learn SURVIVAL skills. No human should feel confident in any fight with an assailant. If they are trying to rob, rape or otherwise assault you chances are they aren`t coming unarmed. You are being taught to think clearly and escape unharmed.
As far as the reaction, well the vast majority of mixed fans enjoy the battle of the sexes feel and enjoy the undercurrent of sexual tension in those fights and don't care about the realism as long as its fun and hot. These are the men who I have either done mixed with or have entertained the idea of mixed with in a cyber setting.
However, I have also encountered a segment who I believe are into mixed because it lets them beat up women or see women get beat up by men. And I am sure I am not alone in this so its not odd at all that your post might have drawn some ire. Not saying that YOU are like that but given that segment exists it should not be shocking that your post might make you seem like that might be your thing. Sort of like being into interracial fights where rich white people beat up poor black people. It may have no basis in racism, but don't be shocked if you draw a few HMMMMs.
Point about self-defense taken, but that doesn't change the fact that few women would have much chance against a man.
Well there are certainly people of both sexes who enjoy being beat up by the opposite sex, or fantasizing it, I've been commissioned to do art for quite a few, including commissions from women. I've also had commissions from women whose fantasy is to be beat up by another women. There are people of both sexes with these desires on this forum, and their not hard to find.
And I wouldn't call my art exceptionally violent compared to much I've seen here, and it certainly isn't by the standards of popular culture. James Bond films, for example, always have many killings, by various methods that have included people being burnt to death or mangled in machinery. Nothing I've drawn is anywhere near as gruesome as that.
I have a feeling that had I posted an illustration of a man on the receiving end of blows from a woman the reaction would have been milder. I'm not taking issue with people expressing their opinion, but I think some are reading into this something that isn't actually there.
