History WouldHitAGirl / LiveActionTV

* ''JerseyShore'': Had a moment early in its first season when a patron at the bar that the group was at took their drinks. Snooki went over to tell the guy that the drinks were theirs and he randomly punched her in the face. This got him in a ''heap'' of trouble, not only getting him arrested but also nearly beat up on the street by a bunch of other bargoers that were gonna mess him up for hitting a girl.

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': Does this a lot. Usually it's done so the [=UnSub=] can gain control of the victim in question, but sometimes- such as in "Minimal Loss" when Emily Prentiss allows herself to get smacked around (or is actually overpowered in a fight by Ian Doyle) and the final victim [[spoiler:who was rescued]] in "The Slave of Duty"- the [[BigBad Big Bad]] gets to actually partake in a beating.

* ''[[Series/GameOfThrones Game of Thrones]]'': Being a CrapsackWorld, there are many men, even supposed chivalrous [[KnightInShiningArmor knights]], who are ready, willing, and able to hurt women. Most significantly, Ser Meryn Trant beat a helpless Sansa Stark at the behest of [[RoyalBrat King Joffrey]] whenever she displeased him. To be fair, some [[ActionGirl women]] in the series are able to hit back.

* ''Series/{{Rome}}'': Male characters seem to have no problems hitting women. It's notable that an underplayed moment in the pilot episode involves Octavian casually backhanding a slave girl who accidentally bumped him with a chair, showing the attitude to violence in general in the society. Specific incidences include Caesar striking Servillia twice, hard, after she responds to his telling her their affair must end by slapping him repeatedly, and Mark Anthony instantly and heavily backhanding Atia when she slaps him while they have an argument in bed.

* ''TwinPeaks'': Agent Cooper isn't opposed to taking out a woman if she poses a threat. At one point he forced a woman to show him the way to a hostage and then knocked her out cold after she attempted to attack him with a knife.

* ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'': A joke in the pilot episode. Mary engages in a literal SlapSlapKiss with Dick, and -- being an alien with limited understanding of human culture -- he follows her lead and smacks ''her'' after the second kiss. (And then leaving the party, he responds the same way to the poor hostess kissing him on the cheek.)
* ''TwentyFour'': Even though his kills can be counted on one hand, Jack Bauer is just as willing to kill female terrorists as he is the male ones. Or torture or wounding them for that matter if it means accomplishing his goals, ''even if they're innocent.''

* ''BetterOffTed'': Veronica goes through a period of slapping her problems in the face. When she slaps Ted, he slaps her right back. Her reaction: "We're cool."

** In "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed Space Seed]]", one of Khan's henchmen slaps Uhura to show off how evil he is.

* ''Series/{{Highlander}}'': Methos had no problem hitting, or even killing women. Part of it was learning the hard way throughout the long centuries that women could be just as dangerous as men, part the fact that Methos is so old he considers chivalry a strange modern fad and regards it much the same way your grandpa regards baggy jeans.

* ''LoisAndClark'': Superman's powers have been transferred to a guy who uses them to become a superhero for hire, and later a villainess who replicates Supes' powers for eeeeeevil. At the end, Supes WouldntHitAGirl, and is at a total loss as to what to do... and then "Resplendent Man" slugs her.

* ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'': When Kara Thrace slugs Lee Adama in the face, he's more than happy to slug her right back. One of many instances on the show.

* ''{{Glee}}'': In Season One, Karofsky casually shoves Tina into Kurt when the two of them are wearing their Lady Gaga outfits, only to get told off by a scared but determined Kurt for [[WouldntHitAGirl hitting a girl]]. By the second season, however, Karofsky has moved into [[spoiler: both ArmoredClosetGay]] and StalkerWithACrush territory, and ignores Tina to shove Kurt, who is walking with her, into the lockers.

* ''EastEnders'': One episode featured a heated argument between Sharon and Phil. Sharon slapped Phil, resulting in a few half-hearted gasps from the people around. Phil hit her back. Cue outcry, with people dragging him back and screaming "you can't hit a girl!".
* ''{{Firefly}}'':

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] has no problem [[RefugeInAudacity slapping a pregnant woman]] across the face (but only to get her to cooperate).

* ''Series/{{Highlander}}'': Methos had no problem hitting, or even killing women. And while he was morally ambiguous sometimes, he definitely fell on the gender/sexual equality end of this trope:

* The ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' ones pose a threat to every demon in existence so any worries they have about hitting women goes out the window, especially when one of them is trained in martial arts. Cole shows no problem training hand-to-hand with Phoebe and he eventually does hit her in the fifth season (in a bad future where they're still together but miserable).