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* ''Series/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.)
* ''Series/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.''
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': This show is one of the few shows that plays men hitting women for slapstick humor:
-->'''Dr. Spaceman''': GO TO SLEEP! SLEEP, JENNA! SLEEP! IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!
* ''Series/Adam12'':
** Several episodes feature officers Malloy and Reed responding to domestic disputes; the very end of the male protagonist hitting the woman -- before the officers break it up -- is seen in at least a couple of episodes.
** In the episode "X-Force", both Malloy and Reed spot an unconscious 6-year-old girl in the living room of a suspected child rapist; the girl is not seen explicitly on screen, but the reactions of our two protagonist officers make it clear what they witnessed. (Malloy is so disgusted that later, when the suspect makes a smart remark about how his victim got what she wanted, he blows his top.)

* ''Series/{{Alphas}}'': Both Bill and Cameron have no problem beating up {{dark action girl}}s, which is a good thing as until the second season all of the women with combat powers are evil.
* ''Series/AmazingStories2020'': In "[[Recap/AmazingStories2020TheHeat The Heat]]" the guy who'd hit Tuka with his car that Sterling smashed up tracks her down, then has his goon take a bat to her leg in revenge for this.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
** In the episode "Sanctuary", a pissed-off Buffy slugs Angel who hits her back instinctively:
--->'''Buffy''': You hit me.\\
'''Angel''': Not to go all schoolyard on you, but you hit me first. In case you've forgotten -- you're a little bit stronger than I am.
** Lindsay also punches Lilah in "Reprise".
* ''Series/BarbariansRising'': UsefulNotes/{{Boudica}}'s segment is one of the nastiest. It starts with her being flogged and her teenage daughters raped by Roman soldiers. [[PayEvilUntoEvil In retaliation]], Boudica and the Britons burn three Roman cities to the ground and slaughter the inhabitants to the last man, woman, and child, including personally setting fire to the Temple of Claudius with women and children inside begging for mercy. The segment ends with Boudica's battlefield defeat; one of her daughters is run down by a Roman cavalryman.
* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': 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, since one of the conceits is that in Kobolian society, sexism has never been a thing, not even in pre-history (and the same for homophobia).
* ''Series/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."
* ''Series/BlakesSeven'': Avon has no qualms about hitting, or killing, ''anyone'' who is a threat to his continued existence. Most blatant times are in "Mission to Destiny" where he suckerpunches an extremely annoying woman who was going to sell everyone out (which he "quite enjoyed"), and in [[spoiler: "Rumours of Death" when he kills Anna Grant]].
** Also applies to Blake, though he won't hit a woman before she hits him.
* ''{{Series/Bonanza}}'':
** In the 14th-season opener, "Forever", Little Joe finally gets married to a beautiful young woman named Alice. However, Alice's brother is an indolent gambler being stalked by a ruthless gambler named Sloan and his thugs ... and they eventually learn that Alice has married into the wealthy Cartwright family and have more than enough money to pay off Sloan. When Alice refuses and one of Sloan's stooges tries to steal a music box, she resists and flees to the bedroom ... only for the designated giant of the group (a 6-foot-8, 300-pound muscle man) to stalk Alice. Although not seen on camera, it is later implied that the giant brutally beat Alice (5-foot-5 and 120 pounds tops) by slapping and punching her repeatedly and crushing her ribs, before breaking her neck and killing her ... all this before the baddies burned down the house that she and Joe shared. (Incidentally, "Forever" was meant to showcase Dan Blocker as Hoss was the intended bridegroom, but Blocker's sudden death in May 1972 forced hasty rewrites by episode writer Michael Landon ... and his decision to put Joe in the shoes of Alice's husband-to-be.)
** Despite the lack of male-on-female violence -- the scene had ended with Alice looking scared, before a cut back to a ranch scene (Joe and the others unaware of what's going on at his house) -- CBN, which once reran ''Bonanza'', refused to air the episode due to the implied violence.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Nobody had a problem trying to hit Buffy. However, very few actually managed to lay a hand on her GoodOldFisticuffs style, and those powerful enough to usually relied on magic attacks and weapons. Notable exceptions are Spike (which eventually transforms into foreplay when Buffy and him become a couple), Caleb, and Angel (who slugs Buffy after she's asked him to do so during a sparring match.)
** Xander also punches Cordelia once.
* ''Series/BurnNotice'':
** Sam Axe. Turns out he will hit a girl if she's trying to take away his shotgun, even if only after a fair bit of provocation.
** Another episode had Michael slapping Fiona across the face in order to maintain a cover. He was quite apologetic, however.
*** Possibly because Fiona is an AxeCrazy woman who keeps C-4 in the trunk of her car. Michael was hovering over the line between being apologetic and being afraid of her.
** and Michael will hit a female assassin attacking him with a knife in the face with a steel lined briefcase.
** Michael will also shoot a woman, although in this case she shot him first (he was wearing a kevlar undershirt, though), and he only hit her in the shoulder. Of course, said woman is a trained assassin and, at the time, he thought she [[spoiler:killed his brother]].
** There was also the time he had to hit his ''mother.'' They were all undercover, trying to get a captured bad guy to talk, and Madeline was playing a nurse brought in to play good cop. They decide to really sell that Michael was the bigger threat and get him to snitch, and Madeline came up with the idea of "why doesn't he just hit me." Since they both lived in an abusive household for years, it was uncomfortable on all sides.
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'':
** John Casey will not hesitate to attack a female enemy, and is implied by sheer amount of force used to have killed one or two.
** Another notable example is when one episode where a large bad guy named Hugo Panzer breaks out of Castle and is confronted by Agent Greta. Greta attempts to take him down with a swift kick from her long legs, which doesn't even faze him. Panzer then responds by knocking her out with one punch. (The scene was all the more memorable due to both characters being played by [[ActorAllusion well-known wrestlers]]).
* ''Series/ColdCase'': In "[[Recap/ColdCaseS2E22BestFriends Best Friends]]" Ted and his buddies beat {{butch lesbian}} Billie up for "stealing" Rose from him, along with due to general homophobia. As she's black, they may have less compunction than usual too.
* ''{{Series/Colony}}'': One of the Red Hats hits Mattie across the face when she tries to leave the Greatest Day evacuees.

** Jeff and Troy in the episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology Epidemiology]]", if that girl were a zombie.

* ''Series/{{COPS}}'': Several episodes have depicted male-on-female violence, with the officers responding to stop the proceedings.

* ''Series/DogTheBountyHunter'': Several of the bail jumpers pursued are alleged to have committed violence against women. One of them even threw Lyssa Chapman to the ground when she attempted to apprehend him.

* In the Slovak fairytale "Frau Holle" (after Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, but taking many liberties) Death/"Frau Hippe", of all persons, eh, anthromorphic personifications, becomes a victim of this trope. (AsYouKnow, Death is a female in the slavic culture.) Our young hero Jakob was raised by Frau Holle (factually her sister, the goddess of life). Goldmarie here is his love interest, and Death always tries (Death ''tries''? [[Film/FinalDestination Now thats silly.]]) to kill her. Even if technically Goldmarie's evil sister and stepmother are to blame, Jakob, who can see Death (and being alive she has no power over him), [[ItsPersonal gets medieval on her bony ass for that.]] Death tries to invoke the "lady" part of this trope and turns from a gruesome crone into a fair maiden (AsYouKnow, this appearance is Slavic canon too). It works, Jakob WouldntHitAGirl. But he breaks her scythe.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Being a CrapsackWorld, there are many men, even supposed chivalrous [[KnightInShiningArmor knights]], who are ready, willing, and able to hurt women. To be fair, some [[ActionGirl women]] in the series are able to hit back.
** Most significantly, Ser Meryn Trant beat a helpless Sansa Stark at the behest of [[RoyalBrat King Joffrey]] whenever she displeased him.
** King Robert is a particularly tragic example. He is heavily abusive towards his wife Cersei, but also deeply remorseful about it. He knows beating your wife is a thing bad guys do, and wants to be a KnightInShiningArmor, but has been a warrior for so long he doesn't know any way do deal with people who anger him other than violence.
** Bronn admits that the first person he killed was a woman who attacked him with an axe. Shae still doesn't approve. Although, this trope only seems to apply to him in situations where it would be impractical ''not'' to do so (read: woman attacking you with a weapon.) He's noticeably disdainful of Ser Meryn Trant, which probably indicates that violence toward ''unarmed'' women isn't a hobby of his. He landed a few blows against Tyene Sand while attempting to rescue Myrcella from Dorne. Then again, she had twin blades at the time. He does seem a bit apologetic about it, and remarks later it's "against his code", meaning he'll do it if he ''has'' to, but unlike some, he doesn't enjoy it.
** In "Blackwater", Sandor Clegane notes that he has put several women in the ground, and that Bronn has, too. In "The Children", Sandor has a brutal fight with warrior woman Brienne of Tarth, and pulls no punches at all, even going far enough to [[GroinAttack kick her in the lady parts.]]
** Women aren't safe from Ramsay's "games" any more than men are. Not to mention his treatment of Sansa, the serving lady he flayed, and him slashing Osha's throat.
** Tyrion strangles Shae to death. Justified since she did pull a knife on him first before he even had the chance to consider a less violent option. He is immediately remorseful nonetheless.
** Stannis, thanks to AdaptationalVillainy, though given that the girl in question is Melisandre the evil quotient of it is debatable.
** Euron Greyjoy personally kills Obara and Nymeria Sand in battle: He impales Obara with her own spear and throttles Nymeria with her own whip, before hanging their corpses from the prow of his flagship.

* ''Series/IronFist2017'': Danny justifiably doesn't back fighting female opponents, and manhandles a woman at Rand who helps Madame Goa use the company to move heroin.

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
** Modern Riders have absolutely no qualms about fighting female monsters regardless of alignment, a stark contrast to old-school Riders, who are reluctant to fight women. That said, female monsters are still pretty rare.
** In a more specific example, ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'''s second movie features a woman as part of the villainous mercenaries set on taking over the city. Shotaro doesn't fight her as a human because she's a better fighter and has flame powers, but when they're transformed the playing field is more even and he fights back.
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' is loaded with variations on this trope, since women are disproportionately victims of the types of crimes that SVU investigates. It's not every case (while a majority of SVU victims are female, they do regularly have cases with male victims, and not all their cases involve the use of physical force), but it's common.

* ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'': Several villains and antagonists hit women and girls in various women. The actual assault is rarely, if ever seen on camera, as cutaways are often used and it is stunt doubles who take the actual blows.

* ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'':
** The title character has no problem fighting female enemies, and has thus far dropped a chandelier on a witch, killed a member of the Sidhe while she's unarmed, made rocks fall on Morgana, blown up a pixie in the form of an elderly woman, electrocuted Nimueh to death with a bolt of lightning, and thrown Morgause into a pillar so hard that she was left disfigured and dying slowly over the course of the following year.
** Gaius was also the one who struck the first blow against Morgause. On the other hand, Arthur was reluctant to swordfight with her once he discovered she was a woman.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'':
** Captain Hook has no qualms with hurting women. He [[spoiler: ripped out Aurora's heart]] and backhanded and nearly stabbed Belle with his hook. He physically shoved Emma out of the way to get at Rumplestiltskin. Then, there was "The Outsider" where [[spoiler: he shot Belle in the shoulder.]]
** Rumplestiltskin also has no issue with hurting women, if his ripping out [[spoiler: ''his own wife's'']] heart out is anything to go by.
* ''Series/TheOutpost'': Jaaris murders a number of Blackblood women, threatens to kill Wren, and was quite willing to fight Talon.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** Similar to Buffy, none of the monsters in any of the series have any problem attacking the female rangers. This is likely helped by the fact that in many ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', the [[ShesAManInJapan Yellow Rangers are male]], so a monster hitting a man in Japan is only hitting a girl in America. In one rather infamous example, when the Evil Green Ranger hijacks the Megazord cockpit, he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56XvIHaFiWo punches Trini across the face so hard]] she flies across the cockpit.
** As an inverse, the male rangers have no problem hitting the female monsters, such as Madame Woe, Lip Syncher, or Dischordia.
** They also have few issues with fighting non-monster female antagonists, such as Astronema, Trakeena, and Nadira. In a universe where magic, superpowers, and supernatural fighting ability really level the playing field, this stance is almost required.
* On ''Series/QuantumLeap'', Sam was occasionally forced to strike women. In one particular instance, he decked a female prison guard, but [[ApologeticAttacker he apologized in advance]]. A few times, he had to go far beyond hitting; he once riddled a female Viet Cong guerilla with automatic fire to save his brother and shot down a female drug kingpin who was threatening to kill him, a young boy and the kid's mother.
* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'':
** In "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E6SexAndDrugs Sex and Drugs]]", Drexel. [[spoiler:He ''claims'' to be adding verisimilitude to the story he feeds Charlie, but his readiness to punch her hard enough in the face to leave a bruise suggests he's willing to do the real thing.]]
** Charlie Matheson gets slugged by a militia soldier and later by a militia recruit in "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E7TheChildrensCrusade The Children's Crusade]]", thereby establishing she must possess a jaw of iron.
** Miles Matheson [[spoiler:apparently relies on his reputation of lacking any compunction about gender when it comes to killing, since he]] effectively makes his threats stick in order to get what he wants. "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E10NobodysFaultButMine Nobody's Fault But Mine]]" shows him holding a sword to Julia Neville's throat to make her husband cooperate with him, and "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E17TheLongestDay The Longest Day]]" shows in a flashback that Miles certainly did not hesitate to hit Rachel Matheson and supposedly torture her to death for tricking him.

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': There are plenty of female Meteor Freaks and metahumans out there, meaning that this trope is in full effect. It would be easier to list the guys who ''won't'' hit back, as everyone from [[BigBad Lex]] to [[AntiHero Oliver]] to ''[[MessianicArchetype Clark]]'' is more than willing to. It's never really discussed either; in a world full of superheroes, it's just an occupational hazard.
** What's a bit disturbing about Clark's willingness to do this is that he is ''much'' stronger than the other males on the show, yet he treats all variations of empowered people (female ''and'' male, in fairness) the same, sometimes throwing them and punching them much harder than necessary. He even frequently gets shovey and aggressive towards [[WellIntentionedExtremist Tess]], who is 100% human with no abilities. (In one episode getting pissed enough at her to NeckLift her a good foot and a half off of the ground without any thought for the fact that doing so could easily kill her, especially when he's blinded by anger.)
* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
** PlayedForLaughs in "Prometheus Unbound". Vala expresses surprise that Daniel hit her during a fight she started and he replies, with understandable annoyance, "You hit ME!"
** Played much more seriously in "Line in the Sand" when Vala is captured by her former husband (and TheDragon to the BigBad), Tomin. Tomin is ordered to instruct Vala in the teachings of Origin as a punishment for allowing her to deceive him into marriage. When Tomin tries to give Vala sermons, she talks over him, pointing out all of the horrible things he's done (mostly mass murder) in the name of the Ori and finally shouting "The Ori are not gods!" Tomin snaps and slaps her, though he quickly shows remorse.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
** In "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed Space Seed]]", one of Khan's henchmen slaps Uhura to [[KickTheDog show off how evil he is]].
** In "Friday's Child", [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] has no problem [[RefugeInAudacity slapping a pregnant woman]] across the face (but only to get her to cooperate).
** The only female RedShirt to die on TOS was Yeoman Thompson in "By Any Other Name", who was turned into a mineral cube by Rojan and crushed.

* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Because Elnor was brought up by the [[AmazonBrigade Qowat Milat warrior nuns]], any ActionGirl who attacks him or his allies is fair game. He kills one of Narissa's female mooks in "Nepenthe", and he doesn't hesitate to start pummeling Narissa when she challenges him to an unarmed duel. In "Broken Pieces", he hits another female minion several times until she becomes unconscious.
* ''Series/StrikeBack'': Stonebridge has no problems shooting Jessica Kohl (who, to be fair, has no problems shooting Stonebridge). As a general rule, nobody has any problems with shooting women, particularly if the women are shooting at them.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** Dean and Sam have no problem hitting women when they're possessed or another supernatural nasty. Hell, Dean at least has had [[WouldHurtAChild to hit children in those circumstances]].
** Special mention is deserved by the time that Dean slapped a female demon across the face, twice, just to prove his theory that he was being protected by a higher power. Unlike most of the examples on this page, it wasn't at all self-defense.
* ''Series/TalesOfTheTinkerdee'': Charlie attempts to hit Princess Gwendolinda with his club twice, missing both times. He kind of succeeds the third time, ''if'' you count successfully clubbing his WickedWitch boss while she's disguised as the princess, that is. He isn't squeamish about restraining the princess while Taminella casts a petrifying spell on her, either.
* ''Series/{{Tehran}}'': Faraz shows no compunction at hitting women in his custody, and the Basij men don't spare Tamar either.
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In the episode "Two", the man gets into a fistfight with an enemy soldier, who happens to be a woman. He knocks her out cold.
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "What Are Friends For?", Jeff Mattingly pushes the much younger Cindy Conrad to the ground as he thinks that she is ruining the game of Tag that he is playing with her older brothers Tim and Larry. He later apologizes for his behavior and becomes friends with all three Conrad children.
* ''Series/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.
* ''Series/UnnaturalHistory'': Judging from the first episode, [[spoiler: Henry would. Though it's a JustifiedTrope considering she tried to kill him before.]]
* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'':
** Seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-o5_U-cwA here.]] This, however, was exceedingly rare, as usually female villains and lackeys would either go into custody without resistance or be dealt with by several of the female Rangers.
** While Walker was (almost) always a gentleman and never struck a woman, this trope was ignored fully by the male villains, who regularly struck women and had no qualms about putting their lives in severe danger. (In one episode, a brute smacks an elderly woman across the face after she warns that God will deal with him for his crimes.)
* ''Series/TheWildWildWest'': In the opening credits, James West decks a woman who was about to stab him in the back (in said opening credits he knocked out one enemy and shot another, so this is still a step down on violence). This is a change from the Season 1 opening credits, where he's such a good kisser that she renounces stabbing him. It should be noted that in the series itself the only time Jim actually ''did'' hit a woman was in "The Night of the Running Death" [[spoiler: -- and "she" turned out to be a man]].
* ''Series/TheWire'': Cutty, who despite seeming to be considering going straight has no problem striking one drug dealer's girlfriend in the face[[note]]In public, on the street and in broad daylight, no less[[/note]] to get her to admit that her boyfriend gave her the money for all the jewelry, money he was skimming from the crew's take.
* ''Series/{{Wonder Woman|1975}}'': Every {{mook}} was perfectly willing to hit Wonder Woman, although very few of them were able to do so. In "Going, Going, Gone" a BruceLeeClone became one of the few {{mook}}s to actually hit her - twice in the stomach. His fists bounced off her abs to no effect leading to [[OhCrap his own re-evaluation of the situation]]. In "The New, Original Wonder Woman", Count von Blasko goes through the motions of a "...but you insist" justification only to find out exactly how overmatched he is.

* ''Series/WorldOnFire'':
** Mr. Rossler unhesitatingly kills a Nazi woman who threatened to out his daughter for being disabled, which might have got her killed. Given that, it's understandable.
** The Gestapo agent interrogating Mrs. Rossler shows no compunction at hitting or mistreating her.

* ''Series/{{The 100}}'': None of the characters show any concern with harming women vs. harming men. Most notable when Octavia challenges a male Grounder to a sparring match and gets the crap beaten out of her.

* ''Series/CarnivalRow'': Dombey hits Vignette across the face when she's caught trying to escape.
* The ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' 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).

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': The show 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/Cursed}}'': Fey women or girls are targeted equally with males by the Red Paladins, including the main character, whom they call a witch.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E7AmysChoice "Amy's Choice"]], both Rory and ''the Doctor'' (the former with some pressure from Amy) resort to physical violence against alien-possessed elderly women.

* In ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', Crichton doesn't express a particular distaste for the idea of hitting a woman, and has knocked bout Aeryn and Chiana out, flung a female servant who sold him out to Scorpius into a terminal to rather gruesome death by electrocution, fought off a gang of ultra-feminist terrorists to rescue Aeryn and Sikozu when their attempt to infiltrate the gang failed, blown up a distinctly female critter, among other things. However ''most'' times a female character needs ass-kicking, it's handled by one of the girls.
** D'Argo has also struck women, usually stunning them with his tongue.
** Scorpius has no compunctions against striking or killing women.
* ''{{Series/Firefly}}'':
** Malcolm Reynolds. FemmeFatale with ChronicBackstabbingDisorder who tried to to steal your ship suddenly show up again conning one of your old war buddies? There's a solution for that.
** In much more of a KickTheDog fashion, Jubal Early hits Inara after she tries to intuit his motivations and talk him down from his hunt for River.
** Jayne Cobb backhands River to the floor, [[CuteAndPsycho admittedly after she slashed him with a kitchen knife]]. Both the rest of the crew and the narrative treat this as a case of justified self-defense, and it is never brought up afterwards.
* ''{{Series/Flashpoint}}'': Yes, [[ColdSniper Ed Lane]] will shoot a female subject who's an active shooter. Doesn't mean he [[HeroicBSOD doesn't have problems later]].

* ''Series/AFrenchVillage'': The French and German police show no compunctions toward hitting or even torturing anyone because they're women.

* In ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', many heroes and villains have no problem doing this, seeing how majority of the females are just as tough/corrupted.
** Penquin tries to kill Fish Mooney but fails as she turns the tables on him in the first episode. [[spoiler: He tries again in the Season 1 finale and seemingly succeeds.]]
** Gordon has no difficulty shooting at Zsasz's female accomplices who are trying to kill him.
** Bullock punches out a suspect's girlfriend.
** Alfred repeatedly demonstrates he has no qualms about it, especially if said female has [[PapaWolf intentions to harm Bruce]].
*** Without any hesitation, he punches Copperhead the second he realizes she is an assassin targeting either Bruce or Selina.
*** He slaps Selina after [[spoiler: she killed Reggie]].
*** He later gets into a fistfight with [[spoiler: Tabitha]].
* ''Series/HemlockGrove'': Roman hits Destiny near the end of the series and [[spoiler:accidentally kills her]].
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': In Season 1, Nikki Sanders meets Nathan Petrelli a second time and warns him that he's walking into a trap. Then she tells him to knock her out. Nathan hesitates, and Nikki tells him that if he doesn't, Jessica will take control again. So, Nathan punches her in the face.

* ''Series/HumanTarget'': Guerrero pretty much introduced himself to Ames by punching her in the face. (It wasn't totally unreasonable in context, but it also wasn't his only option.)

* ''Series/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/LovecraftCountry'':
** [[spoiler:Atticus]] in the past, is shown shooting a female Korean Communist spy with no hesitation.
** The magician cops show zero problem with harassing, terrorizing and cursing a young girl, Diana, nor brutally beating then shooting Christina (albeit she asked them to).

* ''Series/MidnightSun2016'': Kahina is attacked multiple times by men with no hesitation.
** Uther hits Guinevere around the face when she gives him sass.

** The Gestapo agent interrogating Mrs. Rossler's shows no compunction at hitting or mistreating her.

* ''Series/{{Danger 5}}'': In "Fresh Meat for Hitler's Sex Kitchen", Jackson decks a Nazi woman who is trying to kiss him.

** Another notable example is when one episode where a large bad guy named Hugo Panzer breaks out of Castle and is confronted by Agent Greta. Greta attempts to take him down with a swift kick [[ShesGotLegs from her long legs]], which doesn't even faze him. Panzer then responds by knocking her out with one punch. (The scene was all the more memorable due to both characters being played by [[ActorAllusion well-known wrestlers]]).

* ''Series/AdamTwelve'':

* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': 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, since one of the conceits is that in Colonial society, sexism has never been a thing, even historically (and the same for homophobia).

* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': 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.

'''Angel''': Not to go all schoolyard on you, but you hit me first. In case you've forgotten - you're a little bit stronger than I am.

** King Robert is a particuarly tragic example. He is heavily abusive towards his wife Cersei, but also deeply remorseful about it. He knows beating your wife is a thing bad guys do, and wants to be a KnightInShiningArmor, but has been a warrior for so long he doesn't know any way do deal with people who anger him other than violence.

** In "Blackwater", Sandor Clegane notes that he has put several women in the ground, and that Bronn has too. In "The Children", Sandor has a brutal fight with warrior woman Brienne of Tarth, and pulls no punches at all, even going far enough to [[GroinAttack kick her in the lady parts.]]

* ''Series/{{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.

** Penquin tries to kill Fish Mooney but fails as she turns the tables on him in the first episode. [[spoiler: He tries again in the season 1 finale and seemingly succeeds.]]

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': In season one, Nikki Sanders meets Nathan Petrelli a second time and warns him that he's walking into a trap. Then she tells him to knock her out. Nathan hesitates, and Nikki tells him that if he doesn't, Jessica will take control again. So, Nathan punches her in the face.

* ''Series/SledgeHammer'': Inspector Sledge Hammer was always willing to hit or shoot women. In the first episode of "Sledge Hammer!", he shoots a female terrorist, then tells her, "Call me a feminist." Later episodes subverted his willingness to fight women twice: [[spoiler:in one first-season episode, he fights a woman who turns out to be a man in disguise, and in a second-season episode, he fights a man who turns out to be a woman in disguise.]]

* ''Series/TheWildWildWest'': In the opening credits, James West decks a woman who was about to stab him in the back (in said opening credits he knocked out one enemy and shot another, so this is still a step down on violence). This is a change from the season one opening credits, where he's such a good kisser that she renounces stabbing him. It should be noted that in the series itself the only time Jim actually ''did'' hit a woman was in "The Night of the Running Death" [[spoiler: - and "she" turned out to be a man]].

* In the Slovak fairytale "Frau Holle" (after Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, but taking many liberties) Death/"Frau Hippe", of all persons, eh, anthromorphic personifications, becomes a victim of this trope. (AsYouKnow, Death is a female in the slavic culture.) Our young hero Jakob was raised by Frau Holle (factually her sister, the goddess of life). Goldmarie here is his love interest, and Death always tries (Death ''tries''? [[Film/FinalDestination Now thats silly.]]) to kill her. Even if technically Goldmarie's evil sister and stepmother are to blame, Jakob, who can see Death (and being alive she has no power over him), [[ItsPersonal gets medieval on her bony ass for that.]] In a SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfFunny, Death tries to invoke the "lady" part of this trope and turns from a gruesome crone into a fair maiden (AsYouKnow, this appearance is Slavic canon too). It works, Jakob WouldntHitAGirl. But he breaks her scythe.

* ''Series/TheOutpost'': Danomar has no qualms about beating Wren up, and intends to kill her before Talon intervenes.

** Jayne Cobb backhands River to the floor, [[CuteAndPsycho admittedly after she slashed him with a kitchen knife]].

* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Captain Hook has no qualms with hurting women. He [[spoiler: ripped out Aurora's heart]] and backhanded and nearly stabbed Belle with his hook. He physically shoved Emma out of the way to get at Rumplestiltskin. Then, there was "The Outsider" where [[spoiler: he shot Belle in the shoulder.]]
** Rumplestiltskin also has no issue with hurting women, if his ripping out [[spoiler: ''his own wife's'']] heart is anything to go by.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Dean and Sam have no problem hitting women when they're possessed or another supernatural nasty. Hell, Dean at least has had [[WouldHurtAChild to hit children in those circumstances]].

* ''Series/LovecraftCountry'': The magician cops show zero problem with harassing, terrorizing and cursing a young girl, Diana, nor brutally beating then shooting Christina (albeit she asked them to).