Back in the day, taught a woman to shoot a 629 (44 mag), and, as was not uncommon with her gender, she actually listened to me, in spite of all the warnings she got from others about how it would kick her ass.
First try, she hit steel.
Perfect recoil absorption, and as the gun arced back down, she looked at me, with a light in her eyes that told me she was never gonna play victim… for anyone.