im sorry, but if you're a REAL man, you walk away.
you do not beat the shit out of your girlfriend whether she "deserved" it or "started" it or not. i dont care. there's NO excuse for that. if she DID start anything, he should have walked the fuck away and called the cops on HER. but no, he beat the shit out of her and left all kinds of bruises and whatnot. thats some bullshit. if you're a man, you do not hit a woman. esp if you're strong enough to knock her block off. he has legs, they work, he could've walked away. period. there's no excuse. he could have used his strength to constrain her if anything, but he chose to use his fists. so therefore, he's a coward in my eyes. oh well.