infantilize
ĭn′fən-tl-īz″, ĭn-făn′-
transitive verb
- To treat or condescend to as if still a young child.
Moral agency is an individual's ability to make
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choices based on some notion of
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and to be held accountable for these actions.
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moral agent is "a being who is capable of acting with reference to right and wrong.
(AKA, an Adult)
I read your hostile reply to a perfectly reasonable position that you shouldn't hit people, but if you do, to expect a possible ass kicking in response. Don't fool yourself. You aren't the "anti-violence" advocate here, not when you're advocating for people to just let other people assault them. And your statement on "durr women can't hurt me, I just let them swing away" is just ridiculous. Someone who isn't deterred from initiating violence will tend to keep intitiating and escalate that violence until they get the desired effect. A woman slapping at you ineffectually can escalate to that same woman throwing a glass ashtray at you and cracking your head open when she realizes you're not taking her seriously. That's a true story by the way (just not my personal story). The moment someone hits you, whatever the genders involved, you need to communicate loud and clear that violence will not be tolerated passively or you'll get more of the same and it'll likely escalate. Just ask anybody who's been in an abusive relationship. They don't start at 100, but they'll get there if you give them a pass long enough. You're advocating giving a pass.
If you're an adult and you're upset that someone might kick your ass if you attack them, then YOU'RE the asshole. And that's gender neutral.
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