When is it okay for a man to hit a woman?

2. Behavior appropriate in-game while playing Street Fighter is not appropriate behavior when dealing with real people.

thanks for the correction on the use of beau.
on street fighter comment, you sure know how to sore an obvious joke or do you really believe people would learn social behavior from street fighter?

No, a man should never hit a woman. Because a woman can never defense herself from a man attacking her, cause he is much stronger.

woman can be as abusive as a man, usually its more with verbal abuse than physical. and on occasion there are woman who are capable of physical abuse too, look up Kelly Killoren Bensimon. when you're in self defense it shouldn't matter if its a boy or girl.