I have mentioned lots of times how very much my girlfriend was into
feminism. She was convinced that women had made and done everything
of any note in the history of the world and that women were equal, if
not superior, to men in every measurable way. One day when I was over at her house she started saying that she wouldn't
worry about any guy assaulting her because all she would do is kick
him in the nuts. I explained to her that since the very beginning of
a boy's self-awareness when guys know they have nuts and that they
are extremely tender they are the first thing we defend in any
situation not just during the assault of a woman. She told me that if
someone ever tried to grab her she would just fight loose using her
anger and rage. I told her I didn't think that would be possible
against a guy of any size or any strength. She insisted she could get
away easily. So I challenged her to try and escape a basic wrestling
hold I would put her in and she could try to escape using any weapon
in her kicking, punching, biting, arsenal. She agreed a little
over-confidently. You have to understand that at this time I was not
much bigger than she was, maybe 10 pounds or so, and we were both in
pretty good shape, having been rock climbing every day. I closed the
distance between us in two steps and grabbed her arms to keep her
from punching me I spun her around with her arms crisscrossed across
her chest holding both of her wrists under her armpits. She started
trying to kick me and so I settled her onto the couch and tangled her
legs up in the leg scissor. Her brother who was taking the 'you
couldn't get away' stance with me started telling her to trying get
away and to fight harder. She was trying her best to kick and to bite
but she was hopelessly overpowered and getting really quite angry. I
wasn't saying much but her brother was laying it on and she was
getting seriously furious. When I finally let her go after about 5
minutes she was exhausted but not so exhausted as to not slap me,
call me in a-hole and tell me to leave. I tried to remind her that
she had agreed to the challenge but she was hearing none of it. She
stormed up to her room kind of rage crying. I followed up after and
told her I thought we're just playing around but she didn't see it
that way. I apologized and went home while her brother kept making
fun of her something I wished he would've stopped. She called me a
couple hours later when she'd calmed down and apologized for getting
so angry. I never again mentioned this physical challenge reality
check and she never asked for a rematch.
