Quote Originally Posted by ZERO THEORY View Post
Just wanna play Devil's Advocate here. I don't know what led up to the ordeal, but I will agree on the equality-when-it-suits-me standard. That whole idea that it's never okay to hit a woman is asinine.
I agree. The only acceptable time to hit a woman is the same as the only acceptable time to hit another man: When one is defending one's self from a credible and immediate threat of bodily injury. Striking a woman in ANGER is NEVER ok. Neither is striking another man in anger, but the "credible threat" part gains some latitude if he is comparably sized. In other words, violence is not an acceptable response to words in a civilized society, particularly when those words come from a person that is significantly smaller/weaker/less skilled than you.