Originally Posted by
Alric
I am a man and if you were my child I would teach you to walk away from a fight too. Walking away isn't a feminine thing to do, it is an adult thing to do. Adults don't fight, they assault, mug, and murder. If you learn that violence is an acceptable responsible as a child, your chances of going to jail or dying greatly increase. Violence is never an answer to anything, unless your attacked, and even then your goal should be to escape the situation not to harm the other person. Most bullying isn't a physical assault so the possibility of leaving the situation is usually pretty good.
Also, children learn about social interactions from everyone around them, not just their parents. So it is very easy to learn about how people interact. For example, you should be learning from your peers, other children being raised around you. Honestly your mom sounds right about a lot of things. Treating someone like shit for being different makes you a shitty person. Accepting people for who they are, does make you a better person.
Also the idea of a male and female parent balancing things out is pretty silly. It depends way to much on the culture you live in, the people around you, and individual belief systems. Like in the above example, learning to fight bullies has nothing to do with male or female parents. You could of had two male parents and they could of both told you that fighting is never the solution and that you should walk away.