Sorry i really should have added the clip I was referring to above re the whole hitting women thing so people can judge his comments for themselves. Opinion seems to divide between - "he was spot on and women do need a good slap every now and then" moving to "well he was a man of his time it's just the way things were back then" or right to " No way, that's just unacceptable by anyones standards" - it seems accordingly to some websites that he really didn't give a damn what anyone else's view was and he basically stuck with that same view until he died - although for balance there are one or two websites claiming he tried to roll back from that position as he got older - but without much success it seems and maybe without trying too hard maybe ( as a simple press statement would have sufficed I'm sure)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzXkbJwrN38

https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/t...-sean-connery/