# "A man should never hit a woman." OK to hit a man? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 13, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-should-never-hit-a-woman-ok-to-hit-a-man/698384 "2014-09-13T13:20:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 22
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-should-never-hit-a-woman-ok-to-hit-a-man/698384/22 "2014-09-14T00:29:37Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > He was not acting in self-defense because his response was far out of proportion to the threat. The fact that he wasn’t concerned about his own safety is further supported by his actions immediately after knocking her out: he nonchalantly hauled her limp body out of the elevator, like he was just trying to dump her somewhere. > > That shows to me that he was simply tired of dealing with her and got angry, not concerned for his safety. Have you seen the video? He wasn’t supposed to hit her. But when you repeatedly are attacked, extending your fist, which is what happened, is probably going to happen eventually. I’ll agree that he doesn’t know his own strength, but the video doesn’t show him putting anything behind it. He stepped back and she kept attacking him, he extended his fist and she falls like a sack of potatoes. It isn’t all out of proportion. He gave her about the lightest hit a guy like him could have given. Look at the video. I’m not at all happy that I have to call this one like I see it, but he isn’t in the wrong here. This isn’t an “I’m afraid for my life” swing, but a tiny “stop chasing and hitting me” defensive punch. Look at the video. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-should-never-hit-a-woman-ok-to-hit-a-man/698384)._