No. it AIN'T about size!
Geez, this isn't a boxing match with weight categories. Small people can't slap other bigger people with impunity just because 'it wouldn't be fair match'! It;s about retaliating for the unreasonable initiation of force.
If someone (other than a child - and maybe even then they need a bit of a paddling to inform them that the whole world ain;t going to just sit back and treat them like little princes and princesses their whole lives) initiates force, I don't care if they are deaf dumb blind and half-paralysed, they deserve to get back what they gave.
I was just saying how the cops look at it, or at least the cops around here.
My boyfriend got attacked by a chick a while back, so I called the cops on the bitch. All my bf did was push her away from him to get her to stop hitting him. One woman at the scene was freaking on him for 'hitting' a girl. Cops get there, take one look ay him, one look at her. They turn and ask me if I'm the one who called the cops(since I've still got my cell out) I said yes. They nod, smile, and arrest the chick for assault. Me and my bf go on our merry way.
The reason for this? Her size. She was about my height, so at least two inches taller than him. She was heavier than either of us were. And he was calm and collected when the cops got there, able to explain what happened. She was still freaking out, yelling that he hit her and that I was a slut who dated a woman-beater.
Afterwards The cop explained that yeah, it was about size when they first arrived on the scene. She was taller and bigger, and he was standing beside me, which made him look even smaller.
Fact is, for an honest cop in my area it isn't about hitting a woman at all.