I'm a man and I've been hit by several partners. both long term and short term. I've also been threatened with violence and legal action. I also had one partner try to provoke me into violence to 'prove' I loved her.

i end the relationship when it happens, but it certainly happens.

many people see absolutely nothing wrong with female on male physical violence. the most frrequenty response I get if someone learns about it is 'what did you do to deserve it?' followed by 'well you must have hit her first, women don't hit men unless they hit them first'.

I've had maybe 35+ partners in my life, and at least 20% were violent. it's not common, but it's not rare.