Where I live people "throw down" all the time. It's nothing big, in one fight a girl lost her baby. But besides that, nothing major has happened.
I've only been in a few fight in my life. They weren't big things either, just little scraps. You have to defend yourself, no matter how big the other guy is. If he threw a wet tampon on you and you could control yourself, then...you can manage your anger quite well. I'll tell you right if ANYONE threw a wet tampon at me, they would find themselved in a very uncomfertable position.
As far as bullying goes, the only people who ever bullied me, I fought. I lost a fight or two, I won some. --; Fighting is just something you are forced to do every once in a while.