JFC. This isn't something that can be boiled down in to a soundbite. I understand that, at 200 lbs, in decent shape, and I know how to fight, there is no woman on the planet that I need fear in a hand to hand situation. Therefore, it would stand to reason that there is no reason to hit a woman. Right? Incorrect. There are, literally, a dozen reasons a day to hit a woman, if you expect them to act like a man in any given circumstance, but, you don't, because, they're not even on the same plane of existence. It would be like hitting a physically weaker alien for landing on earth. It is remarkable that men and women can even communicate to the point that procreation is even an option. Thank you ladies. Men need to realize that when it gets to the point of physical provocation, that you need to be responsible enough to show that bitch to the door, politely. And women, you need to understand that when you attach yourself to an emotionally unstable manchild, because he might be a meal ticket, but he's not emotionally well adjusted, there runs the risk of an undeserved ass beating. We really aren't as far from cave men as we'd like to think. Probably shouldn't play the odds.