Vad, you just informed me that treating someone differently rather than equal is "the twisted liberal definition" of racism, sexism, and other forms of hypocrisy. I find that to be self contradicting.
I pointed out that its equally wrong to promote someone just for their race as it is to deny them a promotion for reasons of race. The same is with promoting someone due to their sex OR denying them over their sex. You are making your decision entirely due to sex or race. This isn't a twisted definition. Your claim of the actual definition is analogous to saying "Racism is the act of a white person holding down a black person", when in actuality it affects anyone of any race treating another individual differently based on said race.
The arguments that you are actually putting forth are those of chivalry, not sexism. Chivalry and non-sexism are two entirely different concepts. Chivalry is the concept of "being the bigger man" and the righteous defender.
EDIT: Also, keep in mind that there is a difference between striking someone and beating the shit out of them. If a situation must get physical, in general it should be limited to attempting to remove the other person's ability to fight, not to the point of leaving them a pile of blood on the ground. I would apply this to anyone trying to attack you.
Put it this way. A woman comes up and hits you with a baseball bat. You feel you should jump up and try to run away despite having a clean chance to take her down and disarm her. A man does it, some would feel that you should take the chance to take them out rather than get hit additional times. Now put a mask on this figure. You get hit with a bat. You turn around and nail them in the face hoping to knock them out so they can't hit you again.
You take off the mask and find out this person was female. Your decision was made on an equal non-hypocritical reaction to the situation, regardless of the sex. Should you then feel terrible for doing this afterwards to the person that attacked you "just because she was a woman"? If so, that is sexist, because you are STILL treating them differently for being a woman.
Again, we are not talking chivalry here, because that isn't the discussion.
I pointed out that its equally wrong to promote someone just for their race as it is to deny them a promotion for reasons of race. The same is with promoting someone due to their sex OR denying them over their sex. You are making your decision entirely due to sex or race. This isn't a twisted definition. Your claim of the actual definition is analogous to saying "Racism is the act of a white person holding down a black person", when in actuality it affects anyone of any race treating another individual differently based on said race.
The arguments that you are actually putting forth are those of chivalry, not sexism. Chivalry and non-sexism are two entirely different concepts. Chivalry is the concept of "being the bigger man" and the righteous defender.
EDIT: Also, keep in mind that there is a difference between striking someone and beating the shit out of them. If a situation must get physical, in general it should be limited to attempting to remove the other person's ability to fight, not to the point of leaving them a pile of blood on the ground. I would apply this to anyone trying to attack you.
Put it this way. A woman comes up and hits you with a baseball bat. You feel you should jump up and try to run away despite having a clean chance to take her down and disarm her. A man does it, some would feel that you should take the chance to take them out rather than get hit additional times. Now put a mask on this figure. You get hit with a bat. You turn around and nail them in the face hoping to knock them out so they can't hit you again.
You take off the mask and find out this person was female. Your decision was made on an equal non-hypocritical reaction to the situation, regardless of the sex. Should you then feel terrible for doing this afterwards to the person that attacked you "just because she was a woman"? If so, that is sexist, because you are STILL treating them differently for being a woman.
Again, we are not talking chivalry here, because that isn't the discussion.
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