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Chris: Barb eventually beats up enough people that one of them calls her babe, so she gets to slowly pick up a gun and shoot him six times while he stands there patiently waiting for her to do so.

Matt: And it all ends with a joke about how she broke a nail. This movie.

Chris: Its very empowering. Chris Sims and Matt Wilson on Barb Wire Barb eventually beats up enough people that one of them calls her babe, so she gets to slowly pick up a gun and shoot him six times while he stands there patiently waiting for her to do so.And it all ends with a joke about how she broke a nail. This movie.Its very empowering.

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Female-on-male violence is viewed as more acceptable in life than male-on-female violence. Often, a woman using physical violence on a man will be Played for Laughs; sometimes it will be Disproportionate Retribution. The key is that in most works where this trope is in effect, it would be completely impossible to imagine the same violent situation play out with the participants' genders reversed without a large dose of drama getting added into the mix. The basic Double Standard at work in this trope is sexist on both sides: no woman is strong enough to harm a man, so any man weak enough to be harmed by a woman isn't a real man, and that's funny; that way, also, you get Amusing Injuries instead of broken bones and cuts.

Note that this trope does not describe situations where violence is genuinely morally justified, such as Wonder Woman attacking Lex Luthor in defense of Metropolis. Nor does it apply in situations where universal humorous abuse is delivered to the Butt-Monkey or The Chew Toy by both men and women for equally flimsy reasons  that is just Comedic Sociopathy. Obviously, it likewise doesn't apply in situations where female-on-male violence is treated as a serious subject. An exception to either case is when one or more of the female characters involved in dealing the violence actively invoke this trope in an attempt to morally justify their own behavior, whether out loud or within the privacy of their mind.

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Related to All Abusers Are Male, All Women Are Doms, All Men Are Subs, Domestic Abuse, Double Standard: Rape, Female on Male, Men Are the Expendable Gender, and Stalking Is Funny If It Is Female After Male. Belligerent Sexual Tension often has elements of this trope. Compare/Contrast Would Hit a Girl. A very similar anime/manga trope that does not always include abuse, but typically often will involve a woman violently beating a man and is played for comedy is Tsundere. The female half of this trope is very often a Jerk Sue. Sisterhood Eliminates Creep can have elements of this.

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Asian Animation

Wolffy of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf is often put through a dose of Domestic Abuse by his wife, Wolnie, whenever he inevitably fails to catch the goats. The whole thing is Played for Laughs.

Standup Comedy

Visual Novels