You don’t need to invent scenarios to justify his actions here. There is plenty of evidence on the video to know that he is in the wrong.

He is still responsible for his actions. Previous abuse does not excuse assaulting this woman multiple times in this scenario.

Why are you playing devil’s advocate for this man?

You already assigned blame to her, why would I do it again?

Flight, fight, freeze, or fawn are all involuntary reactions to being in danger.

They’re not attacking people blindly. They’re reacting to the blatant misogyny on display here from people defending this man’s actions.

Without context anyone is just guessing.

There is no justification here for how he assaulted her. It’s not white knighting to know that he is in the wrong.

My point is context isn’t necessary to know he’s so far beyond being in the wrong and the degree people wanna defend him in these comments over “cOnTExt” is a fucking laugh.

Say it louder for the back.

I just stumbled on this thread and it’s really disappointing. Sorry (but maybe not sorry?) someone accused you of being me simply for standing up for the woman in the video.

she learned a valuable lesson about choosing to grab someone’s drink

Why are you blaming her for him assaulting her? Grabbing a drink isn’t assault.

What is she supposed to learn here?

The kick will be the hardest act for his lawyer to explain.

The kick is assault.

Funny seeing you in here pointing fingers at others. There are more people out there that recognize misogyny than myself.

Are you defending the guy in the video as well?

Love that I live rent free in your head <3

Or maybe his reaction is, still not pardonable, but more understandable with the context?

There isn’t acceptable context for how he kicked her while she was on the ground nor for hitting her at the end.

i paid a “model” $15k to travel and see me for few days+tickets+hotel#s+gifts++ all in her bank already. first day I was shocked when she cleaned her face. I kept looking and could not fuckin believe it was the same person had I not seen her wash her face in front of me… the 2nd day I left.

You gave me all the information I needed, thanks.

You left as soon as she exhibited agency by washing her makeup off.

I support sex workers. I don’t support people who use them as objects.

Speaking up when I see casual sexism like this helps heal the years of my life when I was taught to be quiet and allow “boys to be boys”.

It’s really understandable how people get sick of seeing this type of toxicity. I hope your day has more good, funny, quirky, weird, and fun things pop up instead of gestures at this thread

Very few people in this thread are capable of understanding that offering judgment on this woman’s appearance is still objectifying her.

(some) Dudes absolutely do that.

They’ll also slap women’s butts, tell them to smile, ask for their phone number, wait at the bar until the woman’s shift is over, etc.

exploit people with it.

Like paying $15k and expecting a woman to be your sex toy?

One of them isn’t gay though :(

How is this a “couple meme”?

And here you are upholding the time-honored tradition of attacking feminists in order to discredit any positive work they’ve done to advance women’s rights.

he simply mentioned his own preference about makeup.

He mentioned his own preference about the woman pictured in the meme.

If a woman had made an identical comment about a dude posting with/without makeup photos it wouldn’t have drawn any ire.

It should draw ire.