Quote:According to the CDC, one in seven men age 18+ in the U.S. has been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in his lifetime.

 

There are 138,000,000 males. 1/7th of that is 19,714,285 cases of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in a man's lifetime. If we take your 5% of times that require physical violence to avoid death/serious injury, that comes to 985,714 cases.

 

While in the grand scheme of things, 985,714 cases might not be a lot, it's still foolish to say "it is NEVER" okay to hit a woman.