Ray Rice knocked fiancee unconscious, police say

Ravens' Rice knocked fiancee unconscious, police say



The latest in popular news has to do with Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice allegedly knocking his fiancee out at a casino in Atlantic City.  As I did years ago when Chris Brown supposedly slugged then girlfriend Rhianna, I have no opinion yet.  Even though it's unpopular to not jump to an opinion I choose not to.  Yeah, I DON'T have all the facts.  According to various news sources both Rice and his girlfriend were arrested for assaulting each other.  For now that is good enough for me.

I have always been of the belief that being a female should not exempt you from getting hit by a man.  I have never felt that a guy should brutalize a woman, but if he has to defend himself, then so be it.  I have no idea of the circumstances leading up to Rice's female friend being unconscious. 

I was raised in the 70s to believe that a man should "never hit a woman".  Since that time the female population as a whole have gotten more bold and more violent.  I have seen women assault men.  From the 70s until now women are more equal to men.  Especially more than they were back in the 60s.  So my question is if women are supposed to be equal to men why is that not the case when a woman starts a physical altercation with a guy?

Once again I am just speaking in general.  I have no information that tells me Rice's fiancee struck Rice, however if she did strike her boyfriend first why should she not get hit back?  I often worry that the rules are extremely unfair. Dick and Jane are equal according to 21st century standards, however it's okay for Jane to hit Dick but not OK for Dick to hit Jane back...because Jane is a female.    So doesn't that mean Dick and Jane are not equal?  To ME, if Dick and Jane are considered equal, then Jane deserves what she gets if she strikes Dick first.   I no longer give the fairer sex a free pass and especially when it comes to physical altercations. 

Now if we eventually find out that Rice initiated contact with his girlfriend then he deserves the worst that the law has to offer.    For now I just can't go along with the politically correct opinion.  And I feel that a lot of folks are going with outdated values instead of taking each case on an individual basis. 

Don't get me wrong, I am not for men taking their aggressions out on women.  I am against an unbalanced justice system.  And I also think people shouldn't hit each other.  One shouldn't get special treatment.