Can I just say that I highly doubt any of us could really cause some major damage to a woman by punching her. I mean, correct me if I am wrong, but most of us here are not trained to fight, barely know how to fight, or can't even throw a punch properly.
Just because several of us have been in a fight does not mean were capable of fighting correctly. So the odds of us permanetly damaging a woman by hitting her in the face as Terry described are fairly low. Sure some of the older guys might do more damage then us smaller guys(like the majority of this site)but none to the extent as to what Terry described.
I know for a fact that me, Pariah, Adli, and Zillah would maybe only be capable of giving a black eye or a sore jaw.
So yes, I don't believe in hitting women for any reason. But if I had to choose one or the other, I would choose the one that would do less damage to the person. So I would deck the girl in the face over shooting the guy in the foot.
She can cry and moan for several minutes, but I am not going to permanetly ruin a guy's foot just because I have morals.