I believe women are driven primarily by their emotions and even the best woman can be prone to hysterical outburts in certain situations, such as the death of a family member for example.

In such situations I believe it is not only acceptable but preferable for her man or father to restrain her and maybe slap sense into her. I'm not saying give women black eyes or that this should be done out of cruel pleasure if you don't like what they say so don't twist it and what OP is describing is too much.

But to repeat, I do think certain situations require men to be physical with women in order to shock them into restraining their emotions instead of letting them run wild.