A (male) friend of mine ( a bouncer) once tried restraining a drunken (violent) women (by grabbing her arms and legs), she started shouting things like "sexual harassment","inappropriate touching" to the police (it ended up getting pretty serious,but was later dropped).
I assume she only did it in a bid to get my friend (who is no wrong un) in trouble.
Some folk (especially my mate who works the doors) would say if a women's being violent a open handed slap is the cure and that they'd "like to see a woman try to turn a slap to the face into "sexual harassment","inappropriate touching"
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In the case of doormen,police etc if someone is being violent they are expected to,and must display the patience, restraint, and physical resilience of a saint (just adding this into the mix).