It's for one reason only that people bash Sakura, and it's pretty simple really. They don't find her Slapstick with Naruto funny. Why? Because Naruto is genuinely someone to feel sorry for, with his childhood being as it is. So bashers and anti-fans are running this mantra in their heads "Sakura doesn't deserve Naruto cause she wasn't nice to him as a kid", and the anime fillers which over exaggerate her comedic sociopathy does not help to change their minds. Granted I don't really approve of her hitting Naruto sometimes either, but for entirely different reasons; I am a feminist and therefore will not simply brush off Sakura hitting Naruto as pure comedy, because that is subconsciously accepting that Sakura is not to be taken seriously nor would be empowered as a woman for hurting Naruto, plus I'd be calling Naruto a wimp for not standing up to Sakura and just taking the violence.
I have on one occasion expressed my opinion on this "girls abusing boys is funny" mentality. It is sexist, if always brushed off as comedy. Why? Well ask your selves this, If a boy was was hitting a girl, is it funny, generally speaking? If not, then it's because you subconsciously admit "boys are stronger than girls and to hit a girl is abusing their power" or something like that. On the opposite side, if We laugh off girls hitting boys, it's because in contrast we think "Oh, she is not actually stronger than him so if he was serious she wouldn't be even able to get a slap in cause the guy should dominate her" else something along those lines.. These are the ideas we approve of when we keeps saying "Oh, it's for comedy Oh, It's for comedy".
Now I'm not saying that There is no comedic moments for domestic violence, but we must ask what makes it funny? For instance, if the situation is not serious like there are not injuries serious enough to sympathize with, no feelings were hurt, or we think they deserve it more or less, then it would be natural that we laugh,whether it is boys or girls hitting each other. If not, we must be careful on how to interpret it.
Edited by Phantom_999, 05 October 2013 - 01:58 AM.