[Sax]

Would you allow yourself to be abused by a woman?

You've got many ways to avoid this, pick the right woman, communicate effectively and with love, and when things get heated, be able to remain of clear thought.

Strength under control is gentleness, and it is possible to restrain without causing harm, but not if you are ham-handed or over emotional.

[dirtboy]

Would you allow yourself to be abused by a woman?

You act like you can always see it coming well before it happens.

You've got many ways to avoid this, pick the right woman, communicate effectively and with love, and when things get heated, be able to remain of clear thought.

Easy enough to say until you've had a female rabid badger coming after you.

Strength under control is gentleness, and it is possible to restrain without causing harm, but not if you are ham-handed or over emotional.

Unless the woman in question has no desire to be restained and can whup a lot of men if she so desired.

[Mazda3Fan]

"pick the right woman" - Exactly. My wife and I have been together since our freshman year of college, almost 16 years now and we'd NEVER consider hitting each other.

[TalonDJ]

possible to restrain without causing harm

If the person is determined to harm you and to not be restrained then no, it is not possible to do it. Not within the constraints of what is not considered a form of assault. The way laws are worded if you so much as lay a finger on someone with the intent of making them do something they don't want to (like stop hitting you) then depending on the prosecutor you could be charged.

What do you consider 'harm'? Broken bones? Yeah you can restrain without those. Bruises? You have to be very lucky to really restrain someone that really does not want to get restrained without bruising them. unless they just don't bruise easily. Pain? You would have to be vastly stronger than then, much better trained at unarmed combat and lucky. Even then there is no way you could prove in a court that you did not cause them pain.