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Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:00 AM

What's so funny about abusive girlfriends?

News about women's role in domestic violence inspires comedy, as well as cries in defense of men.
Carol Lloyd

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  • Friday, October 26, 2007 09:11 AM

    Max, I know plenty of women who can fight.

    I'm talking streetfight, not pitty patty sparring.

    I don't know any man who is not also an expert fighter who could survive a fight against my fight class teacher. My classes were full of young women who were learning how to fight -- not box, fight -- and win in a vicious encounter with a thug.

    Maybe it's a generational thing, or maybe its the emergence of a new kind of martial arts that stresses realism and survival fighting, but I have seen excellent female fighters, and I've been bruised more than once by women half my size who happen to fight really well.

    —DurianJoe Read DurianJoe's other letters

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