Is it right to hit a woman?

[Soy]

It's not morraly right to hit anyone,

though if attacked by a woman you should defend yourself

[Wootzeh]

It's not morraly right to hit anyone,

though if attacked by a woman you should defend yourself

Does defend necessarily mean hit them back though?

[Xarea]

I don't like the way that it is perceived that because they are women, you can't touch them. If a woman hit me / slapped me etc. along those lines (hasn't happened yet), I wouldn't think twice about hitting them back, i'd just do it.

[Excellent2]

I don't like the way that it is perceived that because they are women, you can't touch them. If a woman hit me / slapped me etc. along those lines (hasn't happened yet), I wouldn't think twice about hitting them back, i'd just do it.

Exactly where I'm coming from.

Does defend necessarily mean hit them back though?

Well yes if they won't bugger off.

[Trinity]

it depends on how bad the thing iss TBH but like its against the law for a male to hit a female but its not against the law for a female to hit a male

Not sure what the law is in Canada, but in this country (along with many others) the law is exactly the same for both sexes.
Not many men would get the police involved if they were attacked by a woman though, they probably see it as a sign of weakness.

[GoldenMerc]

if a women hit me id just hold there arms so they didnt do it again, screw hitting them back thats not right but if they were hitting me with like a wepon idk what id do but hitting a women is like wrong

[,Jewelz]

Well it's never really right to hit someone, but I wouldn't agree to the term "never hit a woman" cuz it's sexist so yea... if you can hit a man then you can hit a woman

[RedStratocas]

A slap is nothing but it still doesn't give the women a right to do it. She deserves something back.

pffft. a slap is more of a message than it is an act of violence. for the most part, you'd have to deserve it to get a slap from a girl.

[le harry]

A slap is generally 'wake up to yourself'. If she slaps you and you retaliate then the slap was obviously justified in the first place.

[Barmi]

it depends on how bad the thing iss TBH but like its against the law for a male to hit a female but its not against the law for a female to hit a male

What are you chattin' about? Complete and utter rubbish. If you want a complete run down of assault/battery and the defence of provocation, just ask. But don't go talking crap about English law; and Canadian law is not too far removed from that of the English.

Basically, the answer my answer to the question is "it depends". Of course I wouldn't unless I could reasonably rely on a defence such as provocation. But the law does not draw a male/female distinction any further than a test of reasonableness... so I wish people would stop talking about this male/female bollocks.