# "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, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-should-never-hit-a-woman-ok-to-hit-a-man/698384/34 "2014-09-14T00:54:20Z")

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> [@Giraffe](#):
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> I don’t think it’s ever OK for a man to punch his girlfriend in the face in that situation.

I agree with that in principle. I’ve never hit a girlfriend and I’d like to think I never would. But I’ve never been in that situation. If I had a girlfriend that hit me, I’d like to think that I’d ask that it never happen again. And if it did, it would be an ended relationship. But I haven’t been in that situation.

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