Very ugly indeed, Ben. I don’t care what she said... what was going on... he should have just walked away (and he shouldn’t be in a bar at 19 either)
If he was at a bar and a little guy, the size of that female, and that guy hit him, like the female did, no one would care that he hit back and cleaned the guy clock.
However, because a female hit him and he he back, that is all sorts of wrong.
Now for the point: The LEFT constantly berates all for NOT treating women as total equals, in all things. The left tells us that we must NOT treat women as the weaker sex.
Then we are hit (pun intended) with TV and movies and real-life situations where women are acting with physical aggression, i.e., hitting men (”Buffy can kick the poo out of a 250lb guy, so can I”). Men are put in their place by these rough-an-ready females.
Because of this nonsense we see increased violence and hitting and cruelty by females in real life.
Should he have let the female strike him and moved on? Yes. . . and no.
Yes if you believe in chivalry and manners.
No, if you believe in blind equality of the sexes and the lefts insistence that females are equal on all levels and should be treated as such. . .just like the 120lb little guy striking him would have been hit back, so should she have been struck.
This situation demonstrates that there are no rules: Women can hit men but men can't hit women, but wait, men and women are totally equal and there must be no difference between the two. . .especially if she initiates the violence—the man can protect himself. . .but wait, no he can't. . .this is soooo confusing. The left makes things confusing.
Leftist dogma, men must treat women as equals in all things, too include physical altercations (popular media and feminist belief; firefighters, police, military) but if a man does treat a woman as an equal, from not opening a door for a female to striking back when hit, then the man is wrong.
Take opening the door as an example: A few years back I was going in a building and held the door for a female coming up as she was holding a small package under one arm. When she got close she berated me, telling me that she doesn't need my help, that she is just as capable as taking care of herself as any man. Great.
Next time that happened I didn't hold the door and was berated for not holding the door.
Darned if you do, darned if you don't.
There are no rules anymore.