Originally Posted by Oracle

He hit his fiancee. Spousal abuse is a serious issue that merits punishment.


Plus, from a physical standpoint, this is a 200 pound, 5'8" man who can supposedly bench press 400 pounds hitting a woman that probably weighs between 100-150 pounds, and knocking her unconscious. He has been hit harder playing football than he will ever be hit by his now wife. His actions are entirely unjustified, even if she hit first, as he is in no real threat from his fiancee at the time. His actions appear to only be an exertion of dominance through force.

Originally Posted by Oracle

He should have sucked it up and taken it.

People need to realize that this isn't a microcosm for double standards against men with assault. It is irrelevant in the situation that women are capable of committing assault, or than women are treated differently from men when it comes to charges of assault.

Assault is assault, it doesn't matter if women get lighter penalties for committing it,

Originally Posted by Oracle

Self-defense is legal, but the grounds for it are very clear. Was the force used appropriate for the threat? Unarmed 100-150 lb woman, who is your fiancee, has hit you, a 200 pound man capable of lifting 400 lb. The threat is minimal, so the amount of force necessary is minimal. She won't hit you anywhere near as hard as you can hit her, she will almost certainly stop before any physical harm is possible considering the relationship and severity of the argument. In addition, you have the option to retreat before any real harm can be done, or physically restrain the attacker without resorting to harm. The force used is not appropriate to the force presented.

Originally Posted by ImmortalPig

I didn't know the US had a law like this.

So I can go around punching people who are stronger than me as much as I like and they can't do shit about it? That's hilarious. If someone's wearing body armor can I shoot them then say "I'm not wearing body armor so no backsies!"?

In Australia punching someone is punching someone, regardless as to who is stronger. Though we do have considerations for self-defense, so because she was charging at him and he was backing up, he would probably get some concession.

Originally Posted by T0ribush

In Canada and you're a dude and hit a big dude and he hit back, you'd get in trouble and he was doing nothing but defending himself.

Hahaha, don't shoot people, no matter where in the world it's illegal.

Now 200 pound football player would have no trouble subdueing me even though I too could lay out his wife. He didn't have to punch her. This man is a football player. To think this scrawny woman could injure a man who has gone through extensive training and weightlifting as well as getting tackled all the time is absurd. He's tough physically, like very tough. She has nails, 2 pound arms, and a body of 100 pounds. She would need a weapon. NEED it to do any harm.

Originally Posted by jmoran98

Guys although he did hit a woman, he did actually have a valid reason. I'm not saying abuse is good but when all I see is feminists/other females wanting equality then this should be deemed a correct response but since it was a female he's getting punished. Since I like to avoid conflict I'd most likely just ask why she did it but if I wasn't a pacifist then I'd take my anger too seriously and just do the same. P.S The punch that knocked her down was technically for self-defence, he hit her once then she charged in so he hit her again, its only because she was coming in at such speed that she was knocked out. Technically it was her fault though. EDIT: However though if you're going to hit someone then expect being hit back, if you're going to hit a guy of his size then you better hope the first one gets him down because you won't get a second.