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If a woman hits a man, is he vindicated criminally for hitting her back?

I am afraid that there isn’t really a general, easy answer to this. It may likely depend on the individual circumstances - it could be that both may be arrested for harming each other, or that only one person may be arrested depending on the actions of each. It could be that the man may claim self-defense but that may depend on what the actual actions are that were done, the force of each, the timing of the actions, etc (i.e., if a woman slapped the man and then the man punched the woman and caused serious injury, it may be hard to say that this amount of force was needed to defend himself - or a judge may think that no amount of force was needed to defend himself perhaps). You may want to get legal advice from an attorney who deals with criminal matters to be able to explain the specific details of your situation and get legal advice; LINK

If this has happened on more than one occasion, the person may want to see if s/he may be in a situation of domestic violence. Here is more info on domestic violence and different signs of
abuse:http://www.womenslaw.org/simple.php?sitemap_id=39 and
http://www.womenslaw.org/simple.php?sitemap_id=38 And here are ways to stay
safe:http://www.womenslaw.org/simple.php?sitemap_id=3

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