Well now that's just precious. The operative stupid word word there is 'let'. If I 'let' someone do something to me that doesn't mean they have power over me, otherwise I wouldn't have to 'let' them do it.
Excellent point. The problem is that men, by holding each other (including their own sons) to the theology that a man has no right to defend himself against a woman, are in effect letting women kick them to the cjs.