well, at the risk of turning you away from understanding my point, i’ve decided that i’d like to hurl insults back: you come off as extremely short sighted and obtuse.
i agree with “don’t hit people”, but if you think a woman hitting you justifies you hitting her back and you’re male, you’re a piece of shit. restrain? sure. defend your own life by any means necessary? sure. but if your ego can’t take getting slapped by a woman, you might be a fucking incel.
progressive and gentleman are not exclusive concepts. gender is asymmetrical balanced. men and women are not perfectly equal. they are asymmetrically equal. understand the difference, and understand that if i see you hit a woman in retaliation, i’m going to remove some of your teeth, punk.