Its never OK to hit a woman, because as Chris stated, women are genetically weaker... and despite whatever training you've had or whatever, 99.99% of women are inferior physicaly to 99.99% of men. Yes it is great to have equality between the genders, but it isn't true based on evolution. Do you *REALLY want women to be as physically dominant as men? Personally, I like being able to be the dominant one in the relationship, and *REALLY like being able to throw my girl around the bedroom.