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It's true: I was attacked by a road-rager a couple of months ago, and I surprised myself by being unwilling to hit the guy back even after he punched me in the face, for fear of further escalation. Not gonna lie: I was more disappointed than proud of myself, even though I'm pretty sure I made the more responsible decision.
I was also surprised that it didn't hurt nearly as much as I expected. Maybe the other guy was 4000% less effective than he imagined too, LOL.
Male faces are evolved to handle getting hit. Also your adrenaline would have caused you to barely feel anything in the moment.
Edit: this is what I remembered reading about this, turns out it was ten years ago: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/men-s-faces-evolved-to-be-punched-study-suggests-1.2670756
If it's a legitimate fight, the male body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down. /s