Because those things happen in the world as well. It’s just a fact. It’s a moot point to say that so and so would never do this, because many of us wouldn’t do a lot of things. The issue here is how we perceive something **after **it happens. The event occurring is a given, so let’s disregard this line of logic. Men hit women, and women hit men, and sometimes they are provoked. This is fact.
Society’s double standard is my point. Maybe the shoe fine would work.