Apparently there was some martial art in the antebellum south that focused on exactly that, with an emphasis on scratching and plucking eyes with grown-out nails. I’ll see if I can find it.

Ah fuck someone already did

Depends on the type of fight of course, but I can’t help but think that a significant part of fighting is purely performative. Which begs the question , which aspects of fighting are actual primal instincts taking over and which are a role/gender expectation. This is why there’s an implicit understanding on not hitting your opponent’s nuts, you may win the fight, but are you really winning some tacit form of respect?

If you’re tearing flesh you’re now out to kill is sort of a reason. Fights aren’t generally attempts at murder.

If it’s that kind of fight by all means though

Edit: oh cool everyone else is on the same page with that already. Good

is it dishonorable? who cares