Appropriate ways to react to a hand raised against you

She ducks down to create a height difference, preventing a single forceful blow to the face from taking her out

This hand protects her from someone grabbing her hair

She turns her shoulders or back towards her attacker to protect her front from violence

Raising her voice may incite further rage, so she quietly endures.

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To guard against a skillful incoming strike, she has a middle-high guard on the other side.

She raises her shoulder and tucks in her chin to prevent a clean hit to the face.

She curls her body, using her back to defend her chest and belly.

To defend against being knocked down, mounted, and allowing her attacker to do as he likes, she certainly can't squat down with her lower body.