My personal opinion is that they're fair game as soon as they get physical with me. It goes back to the gender equality issues that data_link mentioned on the first page. If a person acts in a manner where s/he deserves a good smack, then that person's gonna get a good smack, regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation or whatever else they want to drag up. From my personal experience, and yours will vary, I've found that far too many women (and people in general) are willing to take advantage of society's unwritten rules. They act disrespectfully and expect that the unwritten rules of society will shield them from reprisal, this is wrong, and I don't think it should be allowed to happen.
Which is why if a woman did something to me that a guy won't get away with, she ain't gonna get away with it either. In case you want to know, I have hit a couple girls in my time, and both of them deserved every bit of it.
Alfred Packer wrote:Let me put it this way: I will slug a guy-friend in the arm if joking around. I would never do such a thing with a girl-friend.
Must be the choices in girls we have.
I had, and still have enough playfights with the swimmer girls I know, including my GF. We have no issues punching each other in the arm and wrestling each other to the ground. It gets pretty enthusiastic at times and we've ended up with bruises from doing this.