I still feel wierd about hitting a female. However, i understand anybody defending itself regardless of gender. It may seem strange, leave a bad feeling, but it is actually logical. I think that it is something wich should remain at discrection given the circunstances of the assault.
Ie. Not too long ago i had a physical misunderstanding with a guy, and his girl slapped me at will after the argument was somekind of ended. I couldn´t reply, anyway she weighted a half what i do and caused no harm but a few scratches and she had reasons to be mad at me. I din´t feel like it was right to reply in a violent way, but if she used any kind of improvised weapon, it would have been right
Taking it to the legal aspect. In Spain, law punishes more severely a man who strikes her partner than the opposite event, however, this assaults could be covered by the "abuse of superiority" if the male has some dominance over the woman, either physically or mentally. So far this law is, without any need or use, inconstitutional.