You're minding your own business, traversing a city sidewalk, when suddenly you see a physical altercation — and it involves a man and a woman.
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Do you intervene?
Ah, but hang on a second. There's a twist.
What if the woman is beating up the man?
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So...do you intervene?
A hidden-camera experiment by the ManKind Initiative claims that onlookers in public react in strikingly different ways depending on the aggressor's gender, The Mirror reported.
In the first case, filmed in a London park, a male actor attacks his "girlfriend" in front of shocked witnesses — and they get involved very quickly.
There's a threat to call police, and another witness adds: "You don't have to put up with that honey, he's not worth it."
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But in the second scenario when the female is the one doing the pounding...
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...the crowd just stares. Some even laugh.
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So...how would you respond? Let us know in the comments below.
And here's the clip. (Content warning: Quite a few f-bombs and other rough language flies...):
