Fighting?

[SAH]

Why do men fight, it never solves anything, so what are they trying to prove?

[coggles]

I think blokes who like a 'good' fight are complete morons. Although I know my husband would fight to the death to protect me and our children (if he had to), I am glad he is not the sort of bloke who starts a fight or trouble after a couple of beers, or just for the sake of it. He is clever enough to be able to calm situations down verbally if we encounter someone who is a little tipsy!

[SAH]

coggles - good for him, brains always beats brawn everytime!

[sft42]

Unless brawn punches brains out before mouth gets into gear!

And besides there's nothing like a sweeping statement to muddy the waters....I've been in the entertainment industry for about half me life and have seen my fair share of fights and men usually are prompted to fight, esp. when drink is involved, over women.

Personally there are very few things in life I would fight anyone for.

[gilf]

Like many things in life I think man (as a species) is much more an animal than we believe. Many things we do in life are deeply routed in our minds and fighting is one of those things. Back when man had to 'fight' for every last scrape of food he needed to be able to defend himself and his tribe/group. At times we go back to these old habits. Those of us who are a bit more intelligent can keep a lid on these natural urges or forsee there consequences. Its generally your uneducated thugs in their 20's who think that fighting will prove how much better they are than you. Sadly by the time they realise the error of there ways they have a criminal record and no future and only prove how inferior they are to the rest of us.

[SAH]

Good point sft42. IThis is probably a sweeping generalisation, but the 2 ingredients that are guaranteed to cause a fight to develop are booze and women. But why do men feel the need to fight over a woman? I suppose they're trying to prove their manhood in front of the woman, but I doubt she'd be that impressed, although I dare say some women would get some sort of kick out of it.

[incitatus]

i have to say sah that in my experience when men fight it solves far more than when women do. Its not unusual for two men to scrap over something, then be good freinds afterwards. in similar situations women tend towards prolonged grudge bearing and bitchiness. Im not saying that fighting is in any way a sane approach, but it isnt as pointless as you make out. On the other hand it has to be said that men normally fight over or because of women. and this is often because of female ineptness ove reading the signs of trouble. Working as a barman I saw so many serious fights started by mouthy women, who then backed off, let their men do the fighting and had the gall to tell them tehy were stupid to do so.

[ANUSHIKA]

I prefer the way men sort things out because you always find that most men will have a quick punch up and then are best mates or friends again within 24 hours where as women just drag arguments out for days.

[darth vader]

24 hours? when i played rugby we used to fight in lumps and were best pals by the 2nd pint.....

[darth vader]

...the 1st pint if the other guy buys it

[coggles]

Darth, isn't that a different sort of fighting? I bet you are not the sort of bloke that used to go out on the pull with mates, and if by, say 10.30 you hadn't pulled, the next best thing was to beat the living daylights out of someone who happened to get served before you.

[MangoRose]

Fighting with fists, fighting when drunk, rugby are all cissy things. Just silly feeble antics only for cowards and bullies. All of the men in my family are bois-men, and that is the only brave way to fight.

[SAH]

Not quite sure what you mean MangoRose, could you explain that please???

[treaclefight]

i think your missing the point, its not supposed to solve anything. if they had a solution they'd use it, but they cant think of one so smack each other and call it quits. i havent settled on an opinion about the fighting, but i like the calling it quits bit. :-)

[treaclefight]

and as coggles has implied, if you want a man who doesnt use his fists, pick one who uses his brain.

[SAH]

I'm still of the opinion that a lot of women like to watch men fight, (though very few would openly admit it) as it proves his manhood, which in itself most women would find a turn-on. Anyway that's why most men fight over women, as it's his way of proving himself in front of a woman. Sweeping generalisation I know, but true!

[treaclefight]

deja vu SAH, did you post a question on whether the girlies like to watch men fight competitively a couple of months ago? i would have agreed with you (speaking for myself) if you did. purest form of sport an all that.

[SAH]

I most certainly did treaclefight, but I feel that this is a slightly different situation in that this is not so much COMPETITIVE fighting but REAL fighting, which I wouldn't really class as a sport.

[treaclefight]

ah, then i should qualify my answer, if its a real fight, then i would say i am indifferent, as it isnt likely to be a very good fight and will probably be broken up before any conclusion is reached. however if anyone wants to sort out any of my exes, i will pay to see it.

[SAH]

treaclefight, why don't you let your exes fight it out, while you sit back and enjoy it! Anyway if a time and a place were agreed where the two parties concerned in a REAL fight could sort out their differences without any interruptions, would that then be a COMPETITIVE or a REAL fight and would you watch it then??