a woman once threatened to hit me, but she didnt do it. Which is lucky, cos she was a big girl, and she might have kicked my ass.
She was involved with this girl who was also involved kind of with my mum (who is gay) - and my mum sent me this text saying this woman was going to beat her up or whatever, and it happened I used to live about 3 minutes walk from the main gay pub in Ipswich... so I walked down there, and was just trying to tell her to calm down, and she basically started going "you stay out of it, or I'll kick the shit out of you" - I responded by kind of laughing and saying "what? dont be ridiculous, how am I going to get beat up by a girl?"
As it turns out, this wasnt a good thing to say, as it made her pretty mad - but she didnt hit me, I just stood my ground and she just yelled and huffed and puffed a lot... if she had of I dont think I would have hit her back or got violent at all (I'd like to think not) - even though she was actually physically biger than me - I just couldnt really imagine hitting a girl... in a worst case I might have grabbed her arm or something if she really swung at me. But I guess she couldnt have been sure I wouldnt have hit her back, and so she didnt hit me...
Anyway, Im just rambling... I guess if a woman was really hitting me it might be dificult not to retaliate in anyway, but I certainly dont think I wouldnt punch a woman or do anything that would leave her with a black eye... but, I cant really imagine a woman ever really going all out to be that violent either - I guess it is sexist and condescending, but I really dont think women tend to be that violent, Ive never known a women who I have felt actually really threatened by.