Domestic Violence Double Standard In the Media (abuse, women, single)

[justtitans]

So I have been hearing about this apparent comment that was made by Stephen A. Smith (video below). A lot of people had a problem with what he was saying and saying that he was out of line, but I agree with him 1000%. The media has conditioned us to think that only women can be victims of domestic violence and we tend to only focus on the man and his actions, especially with cases like the Ray Rice situation. What is interesting though, and something many have not discussed, is that his wife, received the same charges as him, so that means before he knocked her out, she did something to him as well.

Does that make his actions okay? No, it absolutely does not, but let's not act like she is completely innocent. I believe women who decide to get physical with men, especially a man that is as conditioned and built as Ray Rice, are playing with fire. If you do not want to be hit, do not try to take aggressive actions towards that man, because you do not know how he may react to you. I do not think it's fair to categorize women such as Rice's wife with a woman who is completely innocent, who does not even lift a finger to harm a man. I think those women are truly victims, where women like Rice's wife share culpability for the situation that has happened.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=IDzWvHhgTrY

On the flip side though, a few weeks ago, there was a video of Solange beating on Jay-Z in the elevator and I did not hear not a single media source advocating for the abuse that Jay-Z was taking. Instead it was more about trying to figure out what he did to provoke the situation. I don't necessarily believe he is innocent in this situation but if we are going by the same standard then we should be just as outraged at what Solange did as what Ray Rice did, but we are not. Does anybody else share these feelings? Disagree?