While many cheered the NFLs move to (finally) punish Rices vicious - TopicsExpress

While many cheered the NFLs move to (finally) punish Rices vicious behavior, too many media outlets immediately fell into a tired pattern of victim blaming. Lets not all jump on the bandwagon of demonizing this guy, said Fox News contributor Ben Carson. He obviously has some real problems, and his wife obviously knows that, because she subsequently married him. Writer Beverly Gooden had heard enough. I was watching the responses to the TMZ on my timeline, and I noticed a trend. People were asking why did she marry him? and why didnt she leave him, Gooden told Mic. When I saw those tweets, my first reaction was shame. The same shame that I felt back when I was in a violent marriage. Its a sort of guilt that would make me crawl into a shell and remain silent. But today, for a reason I cant explain, Id had enough. I knew I had an answer to everyones question of why victims of violence stay. I cant speak for Janay Rice, I can only speak for me. Read more via mic/articles/98326/19-why-istayed-tweets-that-everyone-needs-to-see?utm_source=policymicFB&utm_medium=ID&utm_campaign=social