I was out this evening with some friends and after a few drinks a girl at our table raised her arms and showed bruises which she was forced to admit came from her boyfriend. Apparently they were making out after a few drinks and she called out the name of some previous guy she had been intimate with. And so he got pissed off and shook her thus causing the bruises on the arms and apparently also on the back.

Now that to me is violence against a woman. Okay, now she made a mistake by calling some guys name while intimate, but is it ever okay to raise the violence to the level where you are shaking someone and causing bruises to a woman?

I start this thread having been the recipient of violence against mankind myself, but for some reason I have the superhuman ability to absorb my wife's blows and only ever scar when I take the knife to myself.

So what are your views on domestic violence and in particular guys who lose it against women? It seems she is willing to give this creep another free run, but I argue otherwise. What are your views on this issue?