What is the punishment for assault on a female in N.C.?

Answer 1

When a boyfriend and a girlfriend or husband/wife fight, the two subjects frequently strike each other. Each time the boyfriend/husband hits the girlfriend/wife, he is committing an assault on female. This is an A1 misdemeanor punishable by up to 150 days in jail. To be guilty of an assault on female, one has to be at least 18 years old, a male, and commit an assault on a female. When the girlfriend/wife strikes the boyfriend/husband, she is committing a simple assault on the boyfriend/husband. A simple assault is a Class 2 misdemeanor punishable up to 60 days in jail. Whenever someone is arrested for domestic violence, there is an automatic 48 hour mandatory jail hold where he or she cannot bond out for 48 hours.

Answer 2

Most assault charges are not dependent on the gender of a person, however, North Carolina is one of the very few select states that has "assault gender bias laws", that pertain to male on female violence. Assault is based on threatening or intimidating behavior that leads a person to believe their physical or emotional safety may be impeded.

Many states blur the lines between "Assault" and "Battery", the later being the actual unwanted physical contact with another person.

In North Carolina, if you assault a female, it's an Class A1 misdemeanor, depending on the amount of convictions you've already have, you could be sentenced anywhere from 1 day - 150 days in jail.