I'm gonna get heat from this I'm sure but...
I can't stand double standards. Women want equal rights, well if they're bold enough to raise a hand, fist or blunt object at me with intention of inflicting bodily harm, all chivalry gets thrown right into the back pocket while I backhand, forehand, right hook, left cross, etc. Not that I'm glorifying it, but I've been in a few situations where it was either strike or be hurt/humiliated...and when that happens I'm like Under Armour- "Protect This House".
Back to the double standard though, I can see how some say it's morally "wrong" to hit a woman, but it's just as wrong to hit a child or another man, and in the most common cases of those instances it's discipline for children and self defense for another man. But OH MY GOD HE HIT A WOMAN WHAT A MONSTER HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITH YOURSELF YOU ASSHOLE!!! You have some women who even use that as a crutch to push a man's buttons...raring up at him, and he does nothing he's "not a real man" but if he does then he's a monster.
Screw that.
If I'm PHYSICALLY threatened, not verbally but physically, all bets are off. If a woman says she's going to attack me, I do nothing. If she actually tries to, I react by restraint and if she persists...she asked for it.