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When it comes to Ronda Rousey, is there a domestic-violence double standard?
Washington Post ^ | November 11, 2015 | Cindy Boren

Posted on 11/12/2015 3:24:16 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

If there’s anything to be learned from the Ray Rice and Greg Hardy incidents, aside from the fact that photographic evidence seems to make all the difference when it comes to outrage, it’s that there still are blurry lines when it comes to women who are violent against men.

Take Ronda Rousey, for instance. The UFC fighter/budding movie star joked about Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s past when she said after besting him for an ESPY last summer, “I wonder how Floyd feels to be beat by a woman for once.”

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: rousey
Bernie Sanders should be proud.
1 posted on 11/12/2015 3:24:16 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

I’d know I’d last 5 seconds or less too. Both in the bed and in fighting.


2 posted on 11/12/2015 3:49:21 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (I am going to get those guns out of peoples hands. - Hillary Clinton 10/05/2015)
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To: ConservativeStatement
When it comes to Ronda Rousey, is there a domestic-violence double standard?

Does a bear defecate in the woods?

Duh!


3 posted on 11/12/2015 3:51:17 PM PST by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I don’t get the appeal of watching a woman fight. Tell me guys (who watch her) what do you enjoy about it? Personally I find the whole genre of women fighters completely uninteresting.


4 posted on 11/12/2015 3:57:31 PM PST by BJ1
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To: ConservativeStatement
she repeatedly struck her ex-boyfriend, MMA fighter Timothy DiGorrio, after discovering that he had taken nude photos of her.

Suppose a guy discovered that another guy took nude photos of him. Wouldn't a beat down be expected? Just sayin'.

And, if that's what really happened, then this guy was messing with the wrong woman.

5 posted on 11/12/2015 4:01:40 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: ConservativeStatement

he took nude pics of her without her knowing... he deserves an ass beating...


6 posted on 11/12/2015 4:05:08 PM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I’m sorry she made a remark about beating him for an award. Unless she actually slugged the guy I don’t see how this is comparable to the other situations.


7 posted on 11/12/2015 4:11:04 PM PST by jocon307
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To: latina4dubya

Amen.


8 posted on 11/12/2015 4:11:08 PM PST by Wolfie
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Which is just about how long Rousey would last in the ring with Mayweather ...


9 posted on 11/12/2015 4:16:23 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: ConservativeStatement

She discovers boyfriend took nude photos of her without her knowledge. She tries to leave. He blocks the door. She kicks his butt.

Yeah, that’s just like the Ray Rice situation.


10 posted on 11/12/2015 4:24:08 PM PST by GrootheWanderer
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To: latina4dubya

he took nude pics of her without her knowing... he deserves an ass beating...
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I agree...he deserved an ass kicking and much more.


11 posted on 11/12/2015 4:28:34 PM PST by House Atreides (catastrophic)
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To: PIF

“Which is just about how long Rousey would last in the ring with Mayweather ...”

She would kill him.


12 posted on 11/12/2015 4:53:05 PM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscious is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: bk1000

In bed maybe, in the ring you are smoking something apparently. Female navy Seal vs male navy Seal - who wins?


13 posted on 11/13/2015 2:55:13 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: ConservativeStatement

You can’t begin to equate Hardy beating on a woman to Rousey trying to leave and being stopped. Had she stayed (or any woman) then she would be in a position where she might be the next victim.


14 posted on 11/13/2015 4:07:37 AM PST by wiggen (#JeSuisCharlie)
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“Female navy Seal vs male navy Seal - who wins?”

I agree. I just don’t think Mayweather could handle her (in the ring). There was a call for just such a bout after her last pro fight. I don’t know if anything came from it.


15 posted on 11/13/2015 4:39:11 AM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscious is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: ConservativeStatement

She beat up her MMA boyfriend? Twice? Sounds like he used exceptional restraint.

Or he sucks at MMA.


16 posted on 11/13/2015 6:31:07 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: bk1000

So the female Seal at 137lbs with 68” reach and 7 fights clobbers the male Seal who is 147lbs with 72” reach with 49 wins (26 TKOs).

I take it that you don’t win many fight bets.


17 posted on 11/13/2015 4:07:30 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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