Emmerdale - Current Episode Discussion - III

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Soaps seem to have an obsession with 'feisty women' engaging in fisticuffs with men. Vanessa came off worse for once but Charity later took down Donny. Eastenders in particular repeatedly show women decking men usually in The Vic. Many of the female characters including Shirley and Stacey have done this. In real life not sure this would happen. Without being sexist it is unlikely an untrained woman could hit a man hard enough to knock him down with one punch. Especially if they have long nails which stops them clenching their fists tightly, more likely to cut the palm of their hands or damage their wrists. Someone like Nicola Adams could probably do so but Charity Dingle is no Nicola Adams.

I do not have talons, unfortunately, have quite brittle nails but those that have can probably do more damage scratching the eyes of a bloke than giving him a punch ....