This is 2013, gender equality
You have as much right to hit a woman as much as a man.....ie NO RIGHT! You should only hit women in EXTREME circumstances (such as stealing roast beef monster munch)
and my Yorkie... my god there will be hell to pay if she eats my yorkie.
Nowadays the term equal right equal fights is being used. Some american women in an argument want to go toe to toe with a man and expect him not to retaliate even when she throws the first, second and third hit. I know there are alternative ways to diffuse the situation, but i guess some people have short fuses.