No it's not naive to think a very large man can control a woman without leaving bruises. It's not at all difficult.The analogy I was making between a normal adult vs small child and a large man vs woman is the discrepancy in size, strength, ability to do damage, and ability for one party to control the situation prior to injury is similar in both situations. I wasn't inferring a woman has the same level of responsibility as a small child in that situation.
No it's not sexist. It's a reality of the physical differences between a very large man and a woman. If the difference were nearly nonexistent and/or negated (ie woman with blackbelt attacking Joe Schmo, extremely weak man, etc.) then that'd be a different story. However it's not.
I didn't say anything about a woman not being responsible for her actions or that a man can never reasonably use force against a woman. A woman who attacks a man should be charged and thrown in the slammer same as a man. However that doesn't give a man the right to go and cause undue harm to the woman when harm can be prevented. That's not an equal rights issue. It's a reasonable force issue.
That's also not just a man vs woman line of thinking. In any physical altercation, regardless of the sex of the parties involved, the passive party should defend themselves and de-escalate the situation using reasonable physical means. Leaving bruises when you're fully capable of defending yourself without leaving bruises isn't reasonable.
