Her take was basically that women have decided they want to live in gender equal world where "chivalry is dead" then they shouldn't get upset when they hit a man and get punched right back. She went on to say they she had absolutely no problem with a man punching a women that hits him first. Then one of the (rather astonished) cohosts muttered something about a 5 foot women and a 6' 5" man hardly being a fair fight. To which Whoopie responded, "Well maybe the 5 foot women should think of that before she gets up in the 6' 5" man's face!"
If a small man started a fight with a big man, and lost, many would say "well, what did he EXPECT would happen?"