I am little aghast by this conversation. Abuse is abuse. My wife hits me once in a while. I am not afraid of her, I am afraid of losing control when she does that. I don’t hit her because it is just plain wrong. If I wanted I could hit her without hurting her because she totally deserves it some time. Would that be…

The missus smacked me around a bit for the 3rd time in our 17 year marriage -i never even raised a finger -ever!

I had an abusive ex-wife and one thing that seems to be missed by many of the ladies here is a man doesn't DARE hit back. We are in a bind that if we don't hit back then we are wimps, if we do then we are wimps for hitting a woman. If we hit back, then the police will arrest us, courts hammer us and we go to jail. If…

@melliejellybelly et al: I'm not saying violence as self-defense isn't acceptable. Nor am I saying violence in response to violence isn't at least understandable.

After reading the flood of extreme zero-tolerance comments to yesterday's grey-rape redux, I'm amazed to see the same community laughing about domestic violence directed against men...