History DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale / AnimeAndManga

** Interestingly, this trope is subverted with [[spoiler:Akito, the BigBad (who dresses as a male because of her mother's abuse but is biologically female) and Ren, the aforementioned abusive mother. Half of the plot is caused by these two women trying to hurt each other and, by proxy, the rest of the Sohma family. The damage they cause is never excused on the grounds of their gender]]. Ultimately, the manga's [[MoodWhiplash seesawing between drama and comedy]] results in a confusing DoubleStandard.

** Shouko is one of the most extreme cases of this, routinely tazing [[TheWoobie Yuuji]], [[EyePoke sticking her fingers in his eyes]] so he doesn't even look at other girls, and doing things like breaking his arm and calling it "holding hands" or breaking into his house because she felt like it (and then burning his porn), among others. What's more, the other characters actually believe they make a good couple and [[ShipperOnDeck try to pair them together]], and at the end, even Yuuji seems rather accepting of the idea. If Yuuji even did to Shouko 10% of the things she does to him, people would deride him as a monster, but Shouko can keep doing this with no backlash whatsoever. Sure, it might be a comedy, but it's taken to a level you feel more pity for the guy than anything else, and Yuuji is far from accepting the idea of being with her. That entire episode dedicated to putting them together had him trying to run away from her. Every time he tried to flee from her and avoid Shoko resulted in his friends putting them together or framing him for stuff he didn't do only to make the situation worse. When the {{jerkass}} couple continued to make a fool of themselves, Yuuji was generally trying to get them to win the contest because his friends rigged it to the point where no matter what he did, they would get the right answer. It wasn't until the end of the episode where he changed his mind about Shoko because the {{jerkass}} couple continued to make fun of them both. Next episode, he's trying to run away from her. Final episode, his best friend sold him out to her and she forced him to sign a marriage contract. StockholmSyndrome anyone?

* In ''Manga/SoulHunter'', Tou Sengyoku's [[SelfProclaimedLoveInterest attitude]] [[ClingyJealousGirl toward]] [[{{Gonk}} Dokuson]] is generally played for laugh, and there is even a bit of black comedy where she say that if [[IfICantHaveYou she can't have him]], she will [[{{Yandere}} kill him]] then kill herself. When [[StalkerWithACrush Ryuu Kan]] fight Sengyoku and threaten to do the same thing, it is presented more seriously and the other characters are shocked. Justified in-universe, because in Ryuukan's case, he was actually trying to go through with that menace. Before this the fight was played rather lightly, and the fear of birds Tou Sengyoku got from Ryuukan's stalking had been played for laugh earlier in the manga.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhSEVENS'': [[HairTriggerTemper Haruka]] [[InsistentTerminology "Tiger"]] [[BigSisterBully Kamijo]], older sister of [[IdiotHero Tatsuhisa]] [[InSeriesNickname "Luke"]] [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Kamijo]], is admired for being "strong" and "putting Luke in his place". Even when she [[GlowingEyesOfDoom constantly death-glares him]], [[MakeMeWannaShout blows him away with screams]] strong enough [[ImpactSilhouette to crack whatever surface he crashes into]], hurls insults at him, or has him in a chokehold. With said chokehold happening [[DisproportionateRetribution just because]] [[SoreLoser Luke beat her in a Rush Duel]]. It's to the point that Luke [[TheDreaded is scared at even the sight of her]], and even their great-grandfather is afraid of her outbursts. However, this is all [[PlayedForLaughs meant to be funny]].

* Creator/RumikoTakahashi frequently makes use of this trope. Case in point, three of her best-known series -- ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' and ''Manga/InuYasha'' all make heavy use of this in the name of [[ComedicSociopathy comedy]]. It seems that she has heard of the flak she was getting for this, though, as the trope is avoided in her current work, ''Manga/{{Rinne}}''.
** In ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', Ataru Moroboshi is constantly harassed by the women in his life. In particular Lum uses her electricity to shock him five times a day (due to her being [[ClingyJealousGirl insanely possessive of him]]) and Shinobu and Ryuunosuke beat him senseless with their super-strength and martial-arts respectively. True, Ataru is a LoveableSexManiac who usually provokes this behavior by either hitting on other girls (for Lum) or trying to forcibly hug, kiss, or ask them out (Shinobu & Ryuunosuke), but the violence of the response can push it into DisproportionateRetribution.

* ''[[LightNovel/{{Kampfer}} Kämpfer]]'' has Natsuru getting beat up by the girls no matter what gender he is in.

** The [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003-2004 anime]] also played this trope straight when [[spoiler: Ed and Al]] were beaten bloody by their former teacher [[spoiler: Izumi Curtis]]. What makes it worse is that she is a grown woman and they are children/young adolescents. It's ''supposed'' to be TrainingFromHell.

* ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'':

* The ''point'' of ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''. [[CrossesTheLineTwice Ludicrously over-the-top violence]] visited on the male lead by the female lead is a series staple.

* In ''LightNovel/ClockworkPlanet'', Marie has no problems beating up Naoto to a bloody pulp whenever she gets angry at him.

* Subverted with Celty and Shinra in ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''. Sure, Celty punches Shinra and wraps him up in her shadows all the time, but it is outright stated that [[TooKinkyToTorture Shinra actually]] ''[[TooKinkyToTorture enjoys]]'' [[TooKinkyToTorture the abuse]] and tends to goad her on for it. It's a very symbiotic relationship.

* Louise in ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' can get frighteningly violent towards Saito and he's the only one that has a problem with it. Many fans found it horrifying even without the gender-flipping. Many [[AbandonShipping bailed]] on the Louise/Saito pairing after one incident has her beating on him with a whip until he passed out bloody and bruised.

* Konoha Hoshinomori sometimes hits Keita Amano in ''LightNovel/Gamers2015''. Portrayed as PlayedForLaughs.

* Averted in the fifth ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' movie where Tomoe's parents are mutually abusive to one another, and Tomoe's mother hitting his father in the back of the head with a skillet [[spoiler:and killing him before killing herself and Tomoe in a murder-suicide]] is played as horrific and wrong on all sides.

* ''LightNovel/KazeNoStigma'' - Averted. [[{{Tsundere}} Ayano]] often tries to slap or burn the more powerful [[TheStoic Kazuma]] but he usually blocks it. In fact, it's almost genderflipped in that while Kazuma never hits Ayano, he is able to tease her, be a {{Jerkass}} to her, or incite her jealousy with impunity. It is '''hilarious''' to watch.

* ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'' It's apparently perfectly ok for girls to hit ''the king himself'' and then remark that 'men need training' (with the implication being that they are there to serve women). Apparently a certain technically minded woman thinks it is 'enlightened' to jump in right after Yurri saves the day and slap the crap out of him. What? What the hell did he do wrong?

* Jiro from ''LightNovel/MayoChiki'' is forcefully beaten up by his sister for "wrestling practice" every morning, and as a result develops gynophobia similarly to Yukinari from Manga/GirlsBravo from it. He's also attacked regularly by Subaru as well, yet it's entirely PlayedForLaughs, and no one seems to mention anything about it.

* Inverted in ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' where Mahiro Yasaka hitting Nyarko and Cuuko is treated as [[PlayedforLaughs comedic]].

* In ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', after Nanami moves into Sakura Hall, Sorata sees her sleeping by the table in the dining room. He puts a blanket on her, but she wakes up, and punches him in the face, and accuses him of making her move in to take advantage of her. He then reminds her where he found her sleeping.

* Averted in ''LightNovel/TheSacredBlacksmith''. After Cecily beats up Luke for witnessing her wardrobe malfunction, he's very upset with her, and she's ashamed of what she did.

* ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'': Taiga regularly assaults Ryuuji for comedy, [[DownplayedTrope although her behavior is portrayed as wrong and he usually calls her out for it]]. It ameliorates somewhat as the series goes on. Also happens with Taiga and her father.

* Subverted in ''LightNovel/UndefeatedBahamutChronicle''. Lux literally falls into a girls' bath and the girls then try to attack him, but this is partly because of a very unfortunate sequence of events that makes him look like even more of a pervert than typical in this situation[[note]]He pursued a cat, which had stolen another girl's bag containing underwear, across the rooftops. He took back the bag but fell through a roof into the bath, then had to quickly push down one of the girls to save her from falling rubble. When he tried to explain the situation, he repeated lines that someone had previously told him for praising girls, which ended up being sexual harassment in the current situation. Then he showed the bag that he had recovered in an attempt to explain things, which made him look like an underwear thief.[[/note]]. While some of the girls use [[MiniMecha Drag-Rides]] in their pursuit, this is explicitly noted to be excessive force. Later on, Lux doesn't get beaten up at all even in similar incidents.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':

*** One noteworthy (and canon) example was her punching Naruto for not denying Konohamaru's assumption that they were dating, which happens shortly after Sasuke derisively points out that [[ArmorPiercingSlap she's weaker than the guy she just clobbered]]. She then beats up both Naruto and Konohamaru after the latter starts throwing insults at her for attacking the former boy who he idolizes, and starts chasing them to do more when Konohamaru mutters another insult under his breath. This results in Konohamaru running into Kankuro (making his debut along with his siblings), who is portrayed as a serious threat for pulling up the former by his collar even though Sakura outright injuring the boy was PlayedForLaughs.

** Also, though he never hits Nami back (likely since she only ever hits him in "comical" situations), [[TheHero Luffy]] was depicted as justified after punching Vivi (who's also a close friend) in the face when she suddenly [[ArmorPiercingSlap slapped him]] ''hard'' during what was otherwise a civil argument.

** ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' uses this so much that for early '90s anime fans it was considered the Queen of this trope. The series is notorious for how the [[BelligerentSexualTension interactions]] between Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo many times boiled down to "Ranma says something insulting, purposefully or accidentally, and Akane gives him a MegatonPunch, [[ATwinkleInTheSky boots him (through the roof if need be) into LEO]], [[ArmorPiercingSlap slaps him]], hammers him over the head with a random object or otherwise physically abuses him in response". Making it worse is that Akane often starts the exchange of insults, but still hits Ranma for retorting.

** Surprisingly averted in Yusuke's case. Although there are a couple times where Botan smacks him annoyance, there are also a couple times where he does the same to her (when she nearly and almost immediately blabs about her being Death for one), all PlayedForLaughs. He also delivered an ArmorPiercingSlap to Keiko near the end of the Dark Tournament arc, and while not portrayed for comedy like when he's smacked Botan, and it was to [[GetAholdOfYourselfMan snap her out]] of a HeroicBSOD, and he wasn't portrayed in any negative light.

** Winry from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' beats Ed with a spanner (one time even a chainsaw) every time he breaks his [[ArtificialLimbs automail]] (that's often).

* ''Manga/{{Tsugumomo}}'' plays the this trope up to eleven. Kiriha has no problem with beating Kazuya to a bloody pulp on a seemingly regular bases and he also gets beaten up by other female characters such as Chisato and Sunao although much less compared to Kiriha. Other male characters such as Shiro, Osamu and Kotetsu received abuse from other female characters.

* Deconstructed in ''Anime/GoldenBoy'' during the second episode. Kintaro starts spending time with Naoko, the spoiled daughter of a corrupt politician. Naoko goes out of her way to sexually harass Kintaro by doing things like undressing in front of him, and falling into his arms in a way that gets her breasts into his hands. While it's all initially PlayedForLaughs because Kintaro has a ''raging'' libido but is also a ChivalrousPervert and thus never does anything, Naoko later has a VillainousBreakdown after getting Kintaro's notebook and learning he wasn't fooled for a second. Kintaro saw from the start that she was deliberately trying to mess with her, described her teasing as "amateurish," and accurately dressed her down as a sad, bitter girl lashing out at her daddy with the only reason why he put up with her behavior is because he pities her and wants to help. Naoko's so enraged the next day she cuts up her clothes, gives Kintaro the scissors, and screams for her dad exclaiming Kintaro tried to assault her. She's then floored when Kintaro instead kisses Naoko and proclaims he loves her, letting her dad and his henchmen beat the shit out of him. Naoko can't handle the thought that someone would protect her after all the horrible things she did, and breaks down crying exclaiming Kintaro did nothing as she begs his forgiveness.

* In ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'' Meryl hurting Vash is completely PlayedForLaughs even when he wasn’t doing anything wrong and she’s just annoyed at his silliness. Subverted when Milly gives Vash a ArmourPiercingSlap in one episode as she had just seen him seemly gun some innocent kids down in cold blood which does justify her violent reaction. Also Milly is normally a GentleGiant who unlike Meryl never hurts anyone.

** Played with, in that even though Touma gets the brunt of comical violence from the ladies of the cast, it should be noted that said PowerNullifier is literally just his right hand. This usually results in him giving a beat down to the villain of the arc, be they a man, a woman, a teenage girl, an old man or a golem. All of these fights are presented as equally heroic and not once is Touma ever called out for his equal opportunity beat downs.

** [[BunnyEarsLawyer Shinji]] of the Vizards always gets the crap beaten out of him by [[BrattyHalfPint Hiyori]] for no other reason than her being pissed off and it's always played for [[AmusingInjuries comedy]]. She showed the same behavior towards [[RetiredBadass Kisuke Urahara]] back when she served under the 12th division, and it's likewise PlayedForLaughs.

* ''Anime/SonicX'' turns Amy Rose's {{Tsundere}} quirks UpToEleven, her temper leading to her pulling out her hammer on people for trivial reasons (usually Sonic).