Are you serious? The average height for a man is something like 20 cm higher than a woman. It is possible for a woman to be stronger than a man, but it's uncommon and is the exception not the rule. Men also naturally develop considerably more muscle than women, again there are exceptions and some (very, very few) women feel the need to obsessively build muscle, but again the number of these women simply is not significant. It doesn't matter how much society decides men and women are equal, from a physical standpoint we are not and in terms of raw strength, men are always going to be dominant.Merkavar said:also the whole men are stronger thing and shouldnt throw their weight around is so old fashion. Its like from back in the day were all men worked the fields and laboured all day and women did the laundry. Now a days men and women can be stronger and weaker than each other. men might be on average stonger than women but alot of women are stronger than men. so i think that arguement is invalid.
As for violence against women, I recall hearing there's a hormonal reason for why most men find is sickening (some natural way of keeping men around to protect women and children) and I simply would not ever hit a girl in the same way as I'd hit a guy. I might physically restrain her, but unless she is armed with a weapon, or is one of the few that is physically bigger than me I would not be able to throw a punch.