It's more than just keeping your hands to yourself
I recall attending a wedding many years ago and the mother of the bride told the groom: "If you ever feel like you have to hit her, send her home. She's been raised and she doesn't need you to hit her." At a wedding, why would a mother feel the need to say this to a groom? And let's be clear, that couple didn't have an abusive relationship. But that mother laid a foundation that day. Years later, that couple raised a son. He's a really good man and has a bright future. He fell in love with a girl and they moved in together. The young couple got into an argument one day in May. She hit him. He called the police. She went to jail. So, I'm always puzzled when people say a man can't walk away or do something other than hit a woman back when she hits him. And I'm perturbed by the fact that people say women "provoke" domestic violence. And by people I mean ESPN's Steven A. Smith and all the Steven A. apologists running around ...