History PlayingWith / WouldntHitAgirl

* '''Defied''': Jim explicitly respects [[WorthyOpponent Veridian]] too much to hold back.

** Jim and Veridian are playable characters in a FightingGame, but, when Jim has to confront Veridian (Or any of the other female fighters), he deliberately switches off all of his special and normal moves, leaving the player unable to do anything, ultimately resulting in an automatic loss.
** Alternatively, Jim is allowed to strike female opponents, but he receives [[WhatTheHellHero a negative penalty]] for doing so, because it is considered VideoGameCrueltyPotential.
* '''Exploited''': The BigBad knows Jim won't fight women, so he sends an AmazonBrigade to kill him.

** The females abuse this and bully a guy since they know he can't hit them.

** Jim is a ChivalrousPervert who would rather take Veridian to the bed than fight her:

* '''Defied''': Jim and Veridian get into a fight without any ramifications about breaking any moral code.

* '''Downplayed''': Jim will not fight against any women who are [[ProperLady gentle, lady-like]] and [[ActualPacifist does not like to fight]] in the first place. Female enemies and violent {{tsundere}}s are considered AcceptableTargets, and Jim would be willing to smash their faces off.

** The hero´s enemy is a sadistic DarkActionGirl, he refuses to hit her, she completely beat the shit out of him with a SlasherSmile, insulting and toying with him and leaving the guy crippled at the end, with several bones of his body broken. He realizes that the injuries in the body are so severe that he won´t be able to fight anymore, so he will be an invalid the rest of his life.

** Jim and Veridian are playable characters in a FightingGame, but, when Jin has to confront Veridian (Or any of the other female fighters), he deliberately switches off all of his special and normal moves, leaving the player unable to do anything, ultimately resulting in an automatic loss.

** Veridian is [[TheSmurfettePrinciple a female character in a]] FightingGame, but Jim doesn't ever choose her with this trope in mind. He even protests when someone else chooses her, because he just can't bring himself to hit a girl, not even as a game.

** Even if it's in self-defense, Jim is just unable to bring himself to attack Veridian. So, he runs away from Veridian as she's dashing at him with guns blazing.

** When Jim is attacked by a {{bear|sAreBadNews}}, he insists on checking if it's female before he fights it.

** Jim refuses to compete with Veridian in non-violent activities, such as TabletopGame/{{Chess}}, or video games.

* '''Invoked''': "People think Jim is too tough and heartless. Let's show that he's actually nice by making him against hitting girls."

* '''Straight''': Jim encounters LadyOfWar Veridian, but passes up fighting her because "I don't like hitting girls."

** Jim refuses to fight Veridian even though she's dashing at him with guns blazing.

** Jim tries to fight Viridian but he tries to rationalize it by using more indirect attacks namely having the mindset of something like "As long as I don't punch her face its okay."

** Alternatively, Jim doesn't want to fight Viridian because he knows [[DarkActionGirl she'd kick his ass and laugh about it,]] and is trying to outsmart her instead.
** Alternatively: Jim dodges Viridian's attacks, but doesn't fight back... Until she lands a blow, at which point he proceeds to beat the crap out of her. "You all saw she hit me first, right?"

** Jim is hesitant in fighting Viridian but it's for other reasons.
** Jim decides he will not attack Viridian physically, but as long as he doesn't punch her, it doesn't count, so he can still [[CombatPragmatist use his other attacks on her]].

** Jim states that he won't fight a woman, and Viridian [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown exploits it to the hilt]] right up until he clouts her with all his strength, and since her overconfidence meant her guard was down, the punch floors her.

** Jim decided to [[DefeatByModesty tear off Viridian's clothes]] to defeat her with minimal harm.

** While Jim did mention he had other reasons why he wouldn't want to fight Viridian he eventually admitted that this trope is one of them.

** "I'm so not gonna fight you even though I know you have no mercy for any one and wouldn't hesitate to kill me on the drop of a hat. No, ma'am, I'm not gonna defend myself because I'd rather be dead than be known as woman-beater."
** Or...
--> '''Jim''': Fight you? [[AllMenArePerverts Oh I'd rather do a certain other type of]] "F Word".

** Jim decides he will not attack Viridian physically, but as long as he doesn't punch her, it doesn't count, so he can still use his other attacks on her.

* '''Downplayed''': Jim will not fight against any women who are [[ProperLady gentle, lady-like]] and [[ActualPacifist do not like to fight]] in the first place. Female enemies and violent {{tsundere}}s are considered AcceptableTargets, and Jim would be willing to smash their faces off.

** [[ItsAllAboutMe The women]] of Jim's society [[WoundedGazelleGambit accuse him of hurting them]] and [[DownerEnding Jim gets executed]] [[OldSchoolChivalry by other men]].

* '''Straight''': Jim encounters the DarkActionGirl Veridian, but passes up fighting her because "I don't like hitting girls."

* '''Straight''': Jim encounters the DarkChick Veridian, but passes up fighting her because "I don't like hitting girls."

** Jim lives in a [[CrapsackWorld society]] [[MenAreTheExpendableGender that protects and values women more than men]] and knows that [[WifeBasherBasher people will kill him if he dares hit a female]].

** Or alternatively, Jim was [[FreudianExcuse traumatized in his childhood when he saw his father beating his kind mother]] and avoids hitting a woman because of this.

** Jim is a [[InternalizedCategorism self-hating man]] who was raised by a [[DoesNotLikeMen misandric]] [[AbusiveParents mother]] and now believes that [[WomenAreWiser women are superior]] to men and should be [[allowed to DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale treat men as they want]].

** Jim is a [[InternalizedCategorism self-hating man]] who was raised by a [[DoesNotLikeMen misandric]] [[AbusiveParents mother]] and now believes that [[WomenAreWiser women are superior]] to men and should be allowed to [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale treat men as they want]].

** Jim is a [[InternalizedCategorism self-hating man]] who was raised by an [[DoesNotLikeMen misandric]] [[AbusiveParents mother]] and now believes that [[WomenAreWiser women are superior]] to men and should be allowed to [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale treat men as they want]].

* '''Downplayed''': Jim will not fight against any women who are gentle, lady-like and do not like to fight in the first place. Female enemies and violent {{tsundere}}s are considered AcceptableTargets, and Jim would be willing to smash their faces off.

** Jim is a [[InternalizedCategorism self-hating man]] who was raised by an [[StrawFeminist misandristic]] [[AbusiveParents mother]] and now believes that [[WomenAreWiser women are superior]] to men and should be allowed to [[MenAreTheExpendableGender treat men as they want]].

** Jim's personal honour code forbids him from fighting anyone he has an unfair advantage over. He being a typical man and Veridian being a typical woman, she happens to be naturally smaller and weaker than him, so he declines on those grounds.