You and her boyfriend should have beat up the girlfriend, and then gone off together to a bar for a drink.
There you could commiserate regarding the fickleness of the female persuasion.
She sounds to me like a "drama" queen who loves nothing more than to have men battle for her affections, which are bound to be short lived the minute she can no longer create scenarios where two men "fight over her".
This disfunctional pattern of behavior usually starts early, and continues to the grave.
Her opposite desired match is a male who is a "glutton for punishment" due to insecurities and other problems, whose emotional needs are met suffering abuse from a female, and then starting the cycle of bad behavior anew by battling someone to "prove to her" that he alone should be allowed to continue in a sick relationship.
Don't be a chump!
Bravo. Them words ain't popular, but they certainly describe something profound. Women wield enormous power over men. It is easy for women to get men fighting over her. Many sadistic females actually make a sport of getting men to beat each other unconscious.
Violence amongst men is usually motivated by Women.
Sorry. That's how I feel.
In most cases, the woman isn't in much physical danger. e.g. she is with a man that slaps her. And she doesn't leave. In these street incidents, I have almost never heard of a man beating up a woman properly.
So, any other man that steps in, is going to provoke the situation.. Either stopping the minimal trouble, or more likely, starting a proper fight.
A car accident, usually takes 2 idiots to start it.
I wouldn't call people that start a fight "idiots", because such general statements are wrong. But in this context of a woman staying with a guy that slaps her - worse - in the street.. They are idiots.
The 2 people that start this are the men though.. the woman in this situation is another idiot, maybe a bigger idiot than the other 2 guys. But she doesn't start the fight between the 2 guys.
This woman didn't make such a drama though.. And she could have. He did slap her. So I think maybe you are too harsh on her. She just got slapped and kept quiet.. which is sad too. But she didn't provoke a confrontation between 2 guys.
note- no problem with women shouting for help(possibly provoking confrontation between 2 guys).. But it has to be justified.. Since this is her boyfriend, and a slap, it wouldn't be justified. She is not physically hurt, and she could leave him. But she didn't even cry for help (over this silly incident). So don't be so harsh on her.
A good example of a drama queen would be somebody throws a tissue at a woman, and she screams "HE HIT ME. HE HIT ME" and she threatens to call for help, and she calls to somebody nearby.. And she screams and runs around.. Any guy who looks sees nothing happening, and no mark on the woman. The woman is a retard. But any guys that starts a fight with the other guy over that is retarded too and might even deserve to be beaten up.. (though it's easy for the guy that threw the tissue to diffuse it e.g. addressing her and saying "How did I hit you? I threw a tissue at you". And showing he is calm). But similarly in this case, the guy that slapped the girl, he is a moron that deserved to be beaten up. Even though in these particular cases of fighting to "protect" a woman, the fight is stupid.
(the woman is "protected" anyway.. it's just male egos. One guy thinks he's tougher than another one and wants to show it. Or one guy is very thick)
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There was an interesting situation with a huge tough looking jewish studies teacher who saw a big black guy slap a girl. He was a bit afraid but he thought he had to do something. He didn't just charge in and attack the guy. He said to the girl "are you alright?"
*He*(black guy) answered "yes she is". JS teacher gave his classic school reply "I wasn't asking you." "I'm asking her" "Are you alright?". She said yes. That was that. So that's food for thought.
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Here's something to consider though.. If you see such a situation while you walking with a girl..!! Then somebody is really hitting your ego!
Though if the girl thinks less of you for doing nothing, you can tell her you did nothing so as to protect her!
That might sound a bit wimpy, but if you think about it, you see it isn't.
If somebody provokes you, then nothing wrong with responding(even escalating it), verbally or fighting. Nothing wrong with that.. I am not saying avoid physical confrontations!!
But in this case, the incident does not involve you. Nobody is provoking you. The woman is not getting really hurt here, and she chooses to stay with him.. And even if you did stop it today. He would do it to her tomorrow.