[ravingnutter]

Trivial slapping? There is no such thing...any time a man strikes a woman or a woman strikes a man in anger it is assault. Insults, IMHO, (unless they are in jest as hubby and I do all the time), are emotional abuse. The other stuff (looks, gestures) is going a little far, although there is a concern that emotional abuse does have a tendency to escalate into physical abuse. Been there, done that, divorced him.

That being said, my hubby knows better than to abuse me...I'd kick his butt.

[JFK_Lib]

By trivial I mean a slap that is not full force and often a warranted response to outrageous statements and behavior.

And if you dont want someone to slap you dont provoke them into it in that way.

I have seen both men and women slapped quite justifiably.

But my point is that it does not merit jail time, and were I ever on a jury where a person were on trial for such a thing there is no way I would vote for conviction, period. And I would stick to it till hell froze over.