In the hypothetical situation you cited, I'd feel obligated to do whatever I could to stop the attack, even if it meant harming the attacker. One way or the other, either the attacker or the victim is clearly going to suffer harm, and I don't believe it should be a helpless woman who is unprovokedly being attacked.
That's not even a gray area in my mind. There are, however, countless situations that do fall into gray areas, and they'll be dealt with differently depending on a person' core beliefs.
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