Why do some people seem to think a boy can overpower an adult woman?

I hear some men saying a 14 year old can overpower an adult woman if he wants to and so he can't get molested or raped.

Do people realise there are many women who can overpower a boy that age?
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  • Hi JessieBellll, as I've mentioned many times if the teen is under the age of consent but he/she is in a relationship with another teen within a couple years - I think this is fine. It may be frowned upon by their parents, but at least no one can go to jail for it. But when someone is older by five years or more than the minor, it's considered statutory rape in most places, therefore, is wrong on more than one level.

    It seems this is a very personal subject for you as I've noticed that you post many topics about it frequently. I wish you all the best, but I am respectfully questing that you no longer invite me to questions with this theme anymore.

    • Lol OK but this question was about physical strength

    • No, it's not. It's the same thing almost every time that you post this. Topic: Under-age boy... older woman... men say it's okay... hypocrites... you can dress this question up a different way all you like but it's still the same thing.

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  • Depends upon the intention and cunning of the boy... as to overpowering an adult woman.
    EVERYBODY has to sleep SOMETIME. And date rape drugs proliferate.
    Young males often instinctually band together in 'gangs'...
    'birds of a feather, flock together' and peer prestige is powerful to teens.

    A boy CAN be orally or anally 'raped' by another male... but CANNOT be 'raped' in the sense of his being INVOLUNTARILY brought to an erection for the purpose of sexual release.

    If he's tumescent, it ISN'T 'rape' as in 'a lack of 'consent'... it becomes 'rape' legally when a hypocritical cognitively-dissonant cultural paradigm sticks its "two cents" into intimacies to which they were NOT invited by the participants.

    • I think if the boy gets involuntary erection and is then used by the woman its coercion and therefore at least sexual assault.

  • Because that's the reality.
    The average female would get her ass handed to her by a 14 year old male.
    The gender gap in physical strength is not close by any definition.

    The strongest women can only outperform the weakest men, even female athletes routinely get shit on by average dads who never lift any weights.
    The muscle structure and volume is ultimately determined by androgen hormones (testosterone), you can't fool that stuff with age nor exercise.

    I can piss all over the Olympic weightlifting world record for women of my body weight without breaking sweat, and I only workout at home without machines or professional trainers.
    Female and male physique is not comparable.

    • There are tons of tall women that could overpower him.

    • You are overestimating yourself mate

    • Yeah, maybe. If she is like 6'5" and he is like 5'1" and half her weight. And no, I'm not. You are underestimating how weak women are compared to men. The average woman has like 27 pounds less of skeletal muscle simply for being a woman, and basically no grip strength compared to the average man. We are talking about the top 10% of women being stronger than the bottom 5% of men. When it comes to female athletes, they can't even compare with the average non-athlete man. Women are very, very weak compared to men because of their anatomy.

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  • Some can. It depends on both people, their bodytype and how they handle the situation. A skinny kid probably would get overpowered with ease. But if the woman's skinny and the boy's buff and in shape and he fights back, woman'd probably lose, and that's without adrenaline. But that's if they resist, I think quite a few would welcome it, or since they're just boys and don't know anything, the woman might be able to use words and threats to overpower them, mentally, body follows the mind most of the time. And if there are weapons involved and boy grabs a knife, one good stab and it's game over for woman etc

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    • I'd say if both are skinny it'd probably be a fight, and with adrenaline boy would come out on top if he commits. If someone puts the mind on hold and just lets instinct do the talking, he/she is capable of a lot

    • probably without it too, I think it all depends on how far one's willing to go, how desperate one is for survival, you know?

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  • I'm a bit skeptical. There might be some hesitance on their part not to hurt women.

    • I'm all about fair contests though -- we could open up the Olympics to 14-year old guys vs. older women.

    • True

  • I don't know why anyone would think that, I grew up watching "the safe side" and in that show, they would emphasize often that even a kid with a blackbelt isn't a match for an adult.

  • It depends on the strength and size of the kid. I was a short scrawny kid, but when I first started lifting at 14 I weighed about 120 but could bench 150, squat 240 and deadlift 285. An adult woman would have to train for years to reach those numbers.

    Anyway, what does it matter? Why would a 14 year old boy and an adult woman be having a scrap?

  • Maybe depends on their hight, weight and strength.

  • It has nothing to do with age and everything to do with fitness and stature.

  • It's the societal belief that a boy needs to be masculine enough at any age to overpower any woman, adult or not. It's annoying as hell, because it's obviously not the truth. From my first hand experience when my mom used to physically abuse me, I had little strength to fight back because of all the weight she would put on top of me. Even when I got a little older to where I got some muscle on me and a couple of inches added onto my height, it still didn't stop her from overpowering me.

    These are the things that people fail to realize. An adult woman, much like any adult for that matter, can overpower kids. It's like taking candy from a baby. Anybody who's not a baby has the capability of doing that. Any adult has the capability of overpowering kids.

  • Traditionally the female was seen as the weaker sex Some haven't realised that we now exsist in a different world of equality

  • It's possible for them to do it. But I wouldn't expect it. If they win its because women aren't used to fight at all. All men can be abused or raped, you don't always have the possibility to fight back. And if you do you get blame for assault not self defense.

  • I think it might be possible... Some adult boys can be very strong. I think I was just as strong as my mother at 12 🤔

  • Yes, there are many women who can overpower a 14-year-old boy.

    But most 14-year-old boys can overpower a woman so there's that.

    • How do you know most can?

    • Most 14 year olds are skinny and small

    • I would argue against that.

  • Depends on the boy. I had some size and was like athletic, so I think I could have overpowered women.

  • Well when the women's national soccer team gets easily beat by boys under 15 school soccer teams...

  • Shame stupid boys would say that

  • A 14-year-old "boy" is pretty close to the strength of an adult man. Molestation is rarely done by physical force. Equally rare is a woman somehow forcing a man to have intercourse with her. Rape of males is either oral or anal.

    • Not true boys are nowhere near as strong as men That was stupid of you to say

    • I agree about that molestation is not done by physical force

  • Yes, yet another generalization that people make. If some can/do, then it's ALL lol

  • It would be rare for a boy that age to overpower an adult woman, though it is possible. I knew martial arts at 14 and could handle any untrained adult because my reflexes were quicker, but there is no way I could match an adult's raw power.

  • Why do some people seem to think that some people seem to think they know what some people are thinking some of the time?

  • I am a sexual abuse survivor and i agree this is so wrong. Its not even about overpowering a boy of 14. An adult woman can manipulate, confuse a young boy. Also society cultures boys into thinking that having sex makes him cool and he gets confused into doing things that will cause trauma. Then throw on top of that the confusion of arousal. A boy is horny and aroused while at the same time traumatized and in pain. That kind of confusion is to overwhelming for an adult to process much less a young boy. You hear stories all the time about women being forcibly raped but orgasming at the same time. It fucks them up real bad because it is hard to view your own body as a biological process of stimulation and pleasure separate from the mental experience of anguish and pain.

  • Two possibilities:

    1) they're used to seeing 14 year old body builders

    2) "common sense" ceased to be common some time ago

  • A 14 year old boy who knows how to fight can kick the ass of a grown man who doesn't know how to fight, let alone a woman who doesn't know how to fight.

    Even if you are bigger and stronger, if he knows how to fight and you don't, all your strength will be turned against you by his technique, and he'll smash you.

    If this mere boy merely knows how to wrestle, you're most likely going to be "fighting him" from flat on your back the whole time. If he knows a little boxing, he's going to be jabbing you in the face and hitting you with vicious counters while you stumble after him pawing at the air like a drunk wearing a blindfold. And if he knows kickboxing, muay thai, or even legit karate, it's going to be the same only he'll be kicking you in the knee at the same time he punches you in the face.

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