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Originally Posted by kutulu
Self defence is self defense. The gender of your attacker does not matter.
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If only. While I do not have violence in my life, a close personal acquaintance did.
My guess is that about 75% of domestic violence is instigated by men. However, there are some real shitbag women out there, too. I've seen a few; thankfully, never been involved with any.
My "acquaintance" was involved with a woman who got mean when she drank. He'd been bitten and hit with a variety of things.
As someone pointed out earlier, it's the guy who gets arrested, no matter what. Hell, he even told me about one situation where he called the cops, and they stood on his front porch and laughed at him. I guess he needed to be bleeding profusely to get their attention.
So I don't agree with the "never hit a woman" philosophy. However, I'd consider it a temporary solution; a one-time stopgap measure of self-defense until you can get the woman out of your life.