Men... taking a poll...

You can slap me around any time you want!

Hit, No. Shake the **** out of her, Yes.

As a girl, if I throw punches ... I expect to have to block them too.

I don't get beat up, but I don't beat up the men in my life either.

I hate the double standard when it comes to violence. Humans have instincts and violence happens to be one of them. Primitive, yes, however it is in our DNA code.

I'm 5'10" and I could probably beat the crap out of half the guys in this thread... doesn't mean they should allow it, accept it and I should be a total b**ch because of it.

My husband is 6'3" and he's a trained fighter. We play fight and sometimes one of us gets pop'd in the mouth or ribs by accident - we're tough, we don't get upset or need to take a walk.

If I get mad at him, sometimes I'll punch him. He punches me back and we laugh about it. You can get as righteous as you want... but it works for us

You are such a bad *kitten*

Unless she has a knife or a gun, it's never ok.

It's never ok to hit a person unless it's self-defense or to save someone

As a black belt, absolutly never, even in self defense, unless I fear my life was on the line. First of I wanna say, after doing karate for 13 years, my girl punches harder than about 90% of guys, shes little, but she knows what shes doing. The thing is from a legal standpoint, your argument will never hold. Women can nag insesintly, verbally cut you down, degrade you, and normally do it better than you can, but any form of confrontation is ALWAYS in the favor of the women. Its a bit lopsided, but it protects the women who are really being abused. My girl and I have had this discussion before, pretty much Ive told her, if you have to hit, dont hit me in the face. Its not out of anger, its not a reaction; for me its instinct. As soon as I feel contact to my face my trained insticts take over, and Im not exactly sure where that will go.

Just pointing out though, if your being hit, you can always restrain her, isnt going to cause harm, but kinda reasserts what she was trying to take away by hitting you

only place she should be smacked is on her *kitten*, if she likes it.

My mom used to tell me that if a woman hits a man, she should be prepared to take a hit from a man. My dad told me that if i ever put my hands on a woman, he would make sure that it would be the last time. I decided to listen to him.
My ex was bat *kitten* crazy. When we argued i would walk away. She would follow me where i went and start hitting me. Not just slapping. I would try my best to get away without touching her, but if i was cornered (bathroom) i would hold her hands down and get her out of my way so i could leave. There were plenty of times it took all i had to fight natural instinct not to hurt her.
The last straw was when i was driving she started hitting me in my ribs and slapping me in the face. She jerked on the steering wheel trying to get me off the road. When we got to her condo, she was screamming like crazy and saying all sorts of mean things. Then when i was getting her bags out of the back seat, she started kicking me and punching me. I threw her bags out of my truck and tried to get into the driver seat. She then slammed the door on me multiple times. I was at the point where hurting her was worth going to jail. I didn't hurt her, but it took all i had to not break her jaw.

So, what would make someone so angry? I didn't take her dog with me to the airport and she thought it would have been a good surprise.

That was the best 130lbs to lose.

So, to answer the question. I don't think it is ok to hit a woman, even if she hits you. But, I don't think any woman should ever hit a man expecting him not to defend/hurt the person who is trying to hurt him.

It is never OK to hit someone, regardless of gender. I hate when women do this, knowing most men would never hit a girl. We're not talking self defense here.

This.

Women should not hit men either unless they are physically endangering them or their children.

I don't think a man should ever hit a woman BUT I also don't think a woman should ever hit a man.

The saying I love is "You treat a woman like a woman until she acts like a man"....If she expects never to be touched, she better act the same way. If she's going to hit, she better be prepared to be hit back.

Absolutely unacceptable

...just thought I chime in anyway

i have been pretty beat up by a gf... i stood there n took it.. didnt do anything... even though sometimes u do want to just feed one back but i would never lay a hand on a women... its simply not worth it.. but imo the one of most disrepectful things you can do to your S.O. is hit them...

its just as bad when a women abuses a man as when a man abuses a women...

women hits a man - no consequences even if the guy is bleeding..
man hits a women back - (even if lightly smacks her open handed back) jail + more jail.. regardless of the situation...

:-(

I am absolutely appalled and floored by the poor men on here with the crazy psycho women they've dated. You have every right to defend yourself when in a dangerous situation. I did not even fathom that someone could be so violent and crazy. Besides what you read in the news this stuff really seems to be shoved under the carpet. Women are just as capable as men to harm and be angry. Yes, men have more muscles and whatnot but when it is all said and done whoever strikes first is at fault.

I commend all of you that walked away from such situations and really put my heart out for you having to go through anything like this. Violence is NEVER the answer. Can't we all just get along??

If I ever punched a man I would expect to be treated just as equally. Especially if I attacked a stranger. There is absolutely no reason to consider the gender when defending yourself. Survival is instinct!