I am not really qualified to say, but the drink throwig situation highlights a pretty big double standard in my opinion. It has always been the norm for women to spill their drink on a guy who upsets them in some way. And it wouldn't even have to be serious verbal abuse. Yet when a guy does it to a girl, it is unacceptable and a sign that he is going to abuse her? I mean, I understand why some people consider it worse for men to hit women than vice versa, since men are physically stronger than women. However, spilling a drink on someone has no relation to physical strength. I think this goes to show that the whole thing has nothing to do with differences in physical strength and the reality is that society feels any harm that comes to women is worse than harm that comes to men. Basically that men should be "tough" and deal with things that women shouldn't have to. And this basically extends to insults and verbal abuse a well. I have had female peers say things to me which I would have been ostracized if I had said to one of them. They said these things without facing or anticipating any consequences. There is CLEARLY a gender double standard of favor of women in our society and I am quite sick of it.