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Defending yourself against physical attack is not a matter of legal rights other than - does the person being attacked have a reasonable expectation that they are in danger of bodily harm or death.
It has nothing to do with sex other than most men wouldn't feel in imminent danger after being slapped by a woman. Now if she's holding a knife, gun, hammer ect and is threatening you with it I think a jury would feel that a man has a right to physically strike a woman to protect himself.
If you're striking a woman or anyone that is lesser in strength, size or power so that a normal individual would not feel physically threatened by that person - you're probably going to seen as the aggressor by a jury.
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