# "A man should never hit a woman." OK to hit a man?

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**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")\
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**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, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-should-never-hit-a-woman-ok-to-hit-a-man/698384/27 "2014-09-14T00:38:19Z")

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> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#):
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> Have watched the the video. Still believe you’re utterly wrong.

Yeah, but you aren’t going to hit me over it, are you? I’d love to be utterly wrong on this one. If this woman did that to me in the elevator, or you, I wouldn’t blame someone for doing the same thing. What are you supposed to do? Stand there and take it? Curl up in a ball? I suppose putting one’s arm out would be acceptable, provided the arm goes out slowly.

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