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As the Ray Rice story turns, some asshats people on social media have turned domestic violence into a joke. Here's what the unfunny comic Gary Owens said: Gary Owen about an hour ago A man should never spit on a woman. Same for you ladies unless you giving that sloppy toppy then spit away. Here's a meme making the rounds: And on Twitter, frozen pizza maker DiGiorno   used the hashtag #WhyIStayed, which women were using to tell their story about abusive relationships to promote their product. This is unacceptable and not funny. Domestic violence kills 4,000 women a year . 4,000. That is not a joke. DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Domestic violence is a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors, including physical, sexual, and psychological attacks, as well as economic coercion, that adults or adolescents use against their intimate partner.  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS:    A pattern of behaviors including a variety of tactics - some p...

Today the whole picture of former Baltimore Ravens running back, Ray Rice's, assault on his then fiancee surface. It started with spit. According to a video released by TMZ , Rice is shown standing outside of the elevator, looking down at his phone and when his fiancee walks by, he spits on her. Once inside the elevator, Rice --who is five-eight, 218 pounds, is shown punching his fiancee as if she was Floyd Mayweather. She is not. I haven't said her name because from comments on social media, this woman is getting dragged through the mud because she did marry Rice after the assault. It seems as if we're assuming this was the first time he did this. We're forgetting that Domestic Violence is a cycle. Not just physical abuse but mental as well. We don't know what Ray Rice said to his fiancee during their courtship. We don't know her self esteem issues. We just know that she stayed. And some people think it's her fault that this man decided to hit her. ...