How do you teach a young man not to hit a lady and at the same time not get bullied by one?

I was writing up my thoughts for my post for today when i came across a video on Face book Click Here of a young lady beating up a guy and accusing him of stealing her phone. She was slapping and kicking him all over the place and i was just waiting and watching to see what would happen and to my greatest surprise, the young boy wasn't provoked by her actions. He kept things calm and kept telling her he did not take her phone and was backing off as the lady drew closer with more kicks and slaps.

I was dumb founded and never thought women could get so physical on the opposite sex. Everyone is against domestic violence and yes we all should be but i just wonder how the young boy would have felt after people in the background made mocking sounds which indicated that he acted like a weaker vessel in their opinion.

As i watched the video, i wonder what the best approach would have been for this young man in this type of situation most especially if this was his wife and this was a normal behavior she exhibited overtime things went wrong. how do you teach young men not to hit their women or any woman and yet still not get bullied by them all at the same time?

I read the comments from the video and some said he should have defended himself while others felt he was being a girl by not hitting back. One man wrote " if i say hit her back, then i will look like a jerk for supporting men to hit women and if i say do nothing, then i will ruin my son psychologically to take a beaten from any woman".  Someone else wrote, "there is a line between being a gentleman and being dumb. This little girl should have gotten punched, you don't disrespect someone like this"

So imagine for a second or two if that boy in the video was your child, what would your advice be? whilst you working on typing your comments, i will like to state one or two advices for the young women out there,

I beg you, never ever put yourself in a situation where you will have to raise your hand on any man. it is not classy in anyway.

No matter how upset you get, never ever throw a punch, many woman have died and your life is worth more than a phone or any reason for the argument in the first place.

Learn to fight with your words, they are more powerful than physical punches. but above all, stay away from anything that could threaten your life.

I look forward to your comments as they will help shape the mindset of our young men and women.

Regards

Adey