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Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Yeah men do have to use abit of restraint as generally we are stronger.I say generally because there are some tough women out there.When we first met me and my gf used to get drunk alot and she hit me a few times.I never needed to hit her back.I just scared her into not doing it again.I would regret hitting a woman afterwards.

I suppose the term "reasonable force" probably applies here rather than making it a male/female thing. Obviously no one should ever hit anyone and people are perfectly entitled to defend themselves but you know, it'd be like if a 10 year old started hitting me, I'm not going to beat the s**t out of them like I could do but I would restrain them. It absolutely depends on the situation I think