Not a popular pov in our society, but it is at least logical.
The notion appears to be that a female should be allowed to slap, punch and kick a man with no thought given to how much she might hurt him, but he is supposed to simply stand there and take it, or at most grapple her so she can’t hurt either of them.
Nobody makes any such claim that a large man must take such abuse without hitting back from a male, no matter how great the disparity in age or size.
Personally, I prefer and try to live by the old and outmoded idea that a man should be a gentleman, and a gentleman never, ever strikes a lady.
OTOH, my Dad taught me that a female who strikes another person without sufficient cause is no lady.
The disparity I find most striking is that between, “Men and women should be treated absolutely equally in all respects.” and “Men should never, ever strike a woman, even when she starts the fight.”
The two POVs are simply not logically consistent.
Not to mention the cases where the woman is bigger than the man. It is much more common these days than it used to be...