# Do I ever NOT have the right to self-defense

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 7, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-ever-not-have-the-right-to-self-defense/770948 "2016-11-07T14:15:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-ever-not-have-the-right-to-self-defense/770948/14 "2016-11-07T18:10:21Z")

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If one of our posters is to be believed, men do not have the right to self-defense against women…

> [@Gender Equality vs "You hit like a girl"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-equality-vs-you-hit-like-a-girl/770718/6):
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> Men hitting women is unacceptable, even in self defence. If I was a juror I’d throw the book at him.

I am not a lawyer, but I would guess that you don’t have the right to self-defense if:

1. You are committing a crime,
2. You are on the receiving end of state-sanctioned action (you can’t resist arrest.)

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