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It's been a few months since my dad hit me, and he didn't even do it that hard and since then I'm terrified of men. Is it normal?
If by normal you mean normal in the sense of quantity, unfortunately, there are a lot of women afraid of men, even though they're not all bad guys. However, your dad isn't like every other guy, and you shouldn't be afraid of every man, but I don't blame you. You should work to overcome it.
You've been conditioned by everyone and everything to fear everybody that isn't from a wealthy family or college educated. Yeah, it's not hard to believe you don't trust men.
Gosh, I'm sorry. Honestly, when I was like four or five years old my dad gave me a spanking, and later he decided that I didn't deserve a spanking for whatever it was. So my dad rolled up his sleeve and told me to punch him as hard as I could. Basically from an early age I always would hit my dad back after a spanking if I thought I didn't deserve it. I guess that's weird, but I've never a been afraid to stand up to my dad. In many ways my dad is like my best friend. I've never really been afraid of men as a whole in my life, but I've always had a very good relationship with my dad. I've never put up with men even raising their voices at me before. Sometimes my boyfriend will yell about some crap, and even though I just ignore it he will apologize for it within the hour. I think I'm sorta blessed in that abusive types stay away from me, but it's probably because I don't put out fearful, submissive energy which I'm sure could probably be traced back to my relationship with my dad.
I'm truly sorry that your father is an abusive asshole. Hopefully you can try to get away from him as soon as possible. You will probably need to get some therapy to work through whatever issues you may have as a result of having come from an abusive family.