Why women are superior to men
As for the “Got into a fight with a man at the pub last Saturday. I won. Details later.” Twitter update, I’ll explain now, because according to most people, it’s a funny story.
Fact: I am a pacifist. Fact: I am now known as the chick who decked an obnoxious Polish dude at the pub (and broke a vase in doing so).
It was Saturday, a week and a half ago. Rob and I were playing darts at the pub with some friends, having a good time, and suddenly we notice that a man is lurking through the window. He comes in shortly afterward and joins us not much later. He tells us in broken English that he’d like to play darts with us. Sure, why not. I have no idea how we went from that to a heated discussion about the role of the woman in Dutch society, but somehow we did. And I don’t think he ever threw a single dart either.
Anyway, the Polish man — fifty-something, creepy-looking — was of the opinion that men are superior to women, and I was trying to change his mind, throwing all kinds of arguments at him but he was not impressed. After about an hour of this he was getting slightly annoyed, and I decided to provoke him needlessly just for the hell of it. Then the stupid part. Mind you, I’d had a few too many beers, but that’s still no reason to tell a man to go outside with you so you can show him why men and women are equal in this country. Fortunately we never made it outside because he lunged at my throat right away. The fun part: I decked him and he couldn’t move. Then of course the entire male patronage of the pub jumped on him and escorted him outside, but that wasn’t really necessary because I HAD HIM.
Just to make this perfectly clear: I oppose violence, but I won’t let someone lunge at my throat and just stand there and take it.
Conclusion: The Pole was right, men and women aren’t equal. WOMEN ARE SUPERIOR.