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“and I'm not sure the kind of situation you are describing is really the issue anyway. It seems to me that the vast majority of the violence between men and women involves what Smith describes as brawling couples where the motives are essentially the same for both genders. The difference is that the, but usually there isn't much physical damage to either of them unless or until the man gets REALLY mad and responds in kind to the woman and then it is usually, but not always, the woman who gets the worst of it.”
I agree, the kind of situation I’m describing isn’t the issue. My original point was that I feel women have no more excuse for hitting men than men do in hitting women. You put words in my mouth and I felt the need to correct that. As for the rest, I don’t believe that “women are less restrained, more emotional and therefore more easily provoked”. I’ve known plenty of men and boys who fly off the handle over the most mundane of issues and women who remain calm no matter how crazy the events surrounding them get. I also disagree with your implication that women only get hurt when men respond “in kind” to their violence. But others in this thread have rebutted that better than I, so I’ll let it rest.
