Young couple goes on van tour of US, boy comes back with van - no girl

I'll share this here because it's a point which very few consider in my experience.

My sister was two years older than me. She abused me in every way possible from my earliest memory and even before from admissions by my mother. (And I do mean every possible way.) I won't go into the whys etc, for her action or my parents for putting her in charge of me or how she came to be that kind of person.

At any rate, when I was around 16 I'd had enough. I started Tang Soo Do at the age of 10. It wasn't a belt farm. I was 6 years in and still working my way up red. If you know, you know. Our dojo had you fight comparable skilled people weekly. There was sometimes blood, often bruising, and the occasional serious injury. It was serious training. When I finally snapped, I didn't beat her mercilessly as she did to me for at least 10 years. I countered the first few volleys and warned her to leave me alone before I responded.

She ignored the warnings. I don't think she expected the force to her stomach or the side of her head, but she didn't get up fast and she never came at me again. I've always harbored some shame for that. Like I should have walked away. But you can only avoid a bully for so long. Bullies can be either sex and they prey on the weaker until stopped. This is the only time I've ever had an outside of the ring physical altercation with a female. You can judge me if you want, but I applied enough force to stop the attacks and stopped. She wouldn't have ever stopped unless I had.

Point being, women can abuse men too.