Women, have you ever personally known a man who you were stronger than?

Key word here is “personally.” I don’t think I’ve ever personally known a man who I was stronger than, and as a young woman I was much stronger than an average female. My ex once told me that if I got raped it would be my own fault because I was strong enough to fight off any male, which was not necessarily true. (He was pissed because I had recently beat him 2 out of 3 in a tennis match, and regularly beat him bowling and shooting pool.)

I did high jump in track in high school and I remember getting really frustrated when the guys started the bar where I left off, at the point that I couldn’t jump any higher, about 5’ 8”. Every man I’ve known has been stronger, faster and more aggressive than me. He may not be overtly aggressive, but in certain circumstances they’ve all been prepared to fight and to take chances I wouldn’t take.