Women have wanted equal rights as much as any male in this country yet they don't want to take a beating like a man.
The issue here is that you're saying that since you're allowed to beat up men, you should also be able to beat up women. This doesn't actually make any sense. You're not supposed to hit men either. You're not supposed to hit anybody.
Saying that women don't deserve special treatment and therefore you should be able to hit them is like saying black slaves in the United States during the 1800s would be more free if you started enslaving white people.
The problem is not that women are unwilling to take their fair share of punishment. The problem is that some people think it's fine to hit each other at all, regardless of gender. Not hitting women isn't unfair, it's progress. It means we're halfway to our goal of not hitting people.