Hitting Women

As a guy, is it morally right to hit a woman? In high school, I had guy friends who said that they wouldn’t hit a woman, no way. At the time, I thought the same way. Interestingly enough, my female friends thought that a guy had every right to hit a girl. I mean, as much of a right to hit a girl as they had a right to hit anybody, anyway.

Today, though, I don’t know what I would do. It all depends on the situation, I guess. On one hand, there is a chance that I am physically stronger than the woman, so I should be able to just take it, while she may not. On the other hand, it would be downright unfair to the guy if a woman pounded a man into a pulp just because he won’t hit a woman. That’s just taking advantage of a poor guy’s morals. That’s as bad as an abusive husband or boyfriend, who beats on his partner just because he knows that he’s stronger and there’s nothing they can do but take it.

I don’t think that I would hit a girl, unless there’s no way out of the situation without hitting her. If I feel that there’s a chance that they will actually hurt me quite a bit, I’ll probably do my best to disable her to the point of her not being able to hurt me any more. I guess that’s how I would deal with any person, though, male or female.