Hahahahaha! You're full of it. If a woman raises her hand to a man, she'd best do so with the full intention of getting smacked back. I do have a daughter and if she hit a man and he hit her back, I'd consider that appropriate. Now fortunately she knows better than to raise her hand to someone unless they've done so first, but for those that don't, sympathy is undeserved. You don't want someone touching you, don't touch them. Personally I don't expect anyone to stand there and take abuse from anyone male or female, and I certainly wouldn't.
There is also a difference between self-defense and abuse. If a woman hits a man, whether she has the capacity to actually seriously harm him with her bare hands or not, him hitting her back is self-defense not abuse. I personally believe any physical response should be proportional, so if you get hit, you hit them back rather than completely kick their ass, same concept as not taking a knife to a fist fight or a gun to a knife fight. However, you cannot account for the other person's state of mind, so if you plan to hit someone, you'd better ask yourself if you're prepared to get your ass kicked just in case. If not, you shouldn't touch them in the first place. That goes for women the same as it does for men. This women are delicate creatures and should be handled with care bullshit is precisely that, bullshit. You want to act like a man, you better be prepared to take the hits like a man.
