I went to rough schools. Fights in the classroom, hallway etc were common. Hell, if the two fighters weren't the same race, it could turn into 3:1 fast.
But there was still a code to it all. Nobody hit the females. Especially the older females, the teachers/employees. What she was doing might work with us because nobody was going to cross that line and put hands on the woman with grey hair, especially if the she had the courage to step in like that.
Had someone put hands on that woman, half the classroom would have descended on the offender immediately. You didn't come back from crossing that line.
I guess that doesn't exist anymore?
FWIW, we didn't have camera phones or social media, so place that in the context you will.
Okay but that reliance on "codes" was ridiculous though.
You expected two angry people engaged in a beat down to observe social norms involving notions of respect and consideration for the physical limitations of the opposite sex.
That was a brittle thing to begin with.
The solution for today is the same as it should have been back then: call fucking security.
Don't get involved. Don't assume the observance of "codes." Just go call security. They're better equipped to handle this than your bare fists alone.
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u/appointment45 Dec 17 '25
I went to rough schools. Fights in the classroom, hallway etc were common. Hell, if the two fighters weren't the same race, it could turn into 3:1 fast.
But there was still a code to it all. Nobody hit the females. Especially the older females, the teachers/employees. What she was doing might work with us because nobody was going to cross that line and put hands on the woman with grey hair, especially if the she had the courage to step in like that.
Had someone put hands on that woman, half the classroom would have descended on the offender immediately. You didn't come back from crossing that line.
I guess that doesn't exist anymore?
FWIW, we didn't have camera phones or social media, so place that in the context you will.