To the people commenting Will Smith.
You know that drunken guy at a bar that punches another random guy, or gets all laity and starts a fight and then is dragged out by a bouncer, the one you probably judge and think are drunk, violent waste of spaces. It’s very likely he lashed out because someone looked the wrong way at him or something was said about his partner.
If you think what Will Smith did was right, then you also think the drunk man in the bar was right. Unless of course, you’re only sided with Will Smith because he’s a famous actor you like.
Honestly this thread has been an eye opener. I am actually properly shocked that on a site full of women, where threads on male violence and toxic masculinity are posted and discussed, where in the wake of Sarah Everard’s kidnap and murder we all started looking at the reasons for male violence, where it comes from and what as a society we can do to stop it. I am shocked that there are women brushing this off as ‘he asked for it’ and ‘I’d do the same.’ I’m not sure if it’s the double standards, the lack of self awareness or the brushing it under the carpet for a celeb you kinda like, but the massive reaches on here, the bending backwards and tying themselves in knots to justify it or make it something other than what it is (which is physical assault plain and simple) is mind boggling.
Next time you comment on a thread where an OP has said ‘should I leave DH after he just beat me about the head’ just think about this thread and how you defended make violence. Because I’m sure that DH will have ‘she deserved it’ snd ‘she made me do it’ as his excuses too! Maybe ask OP what she said to deserve it.