On thanksgiving night at around 2:25 am, Woods had apparently backed out of his Orlando home driveway and had been “distracted” and accidently crashed into a fire hydrant and his neighbor’s tree. Supposedly, when his wife, Elin Nordegren, heard the car crash she decided to grab a golf club so she could break the back window in order to save him, and then pulled him out and laid him on the ground, when cops came and saw her franticly hovering over him. Woods suffered facial lacerations and was in and out of consciousness.
Soon after, it was reported that prior to the car crash, Woods and Nordegren had gotten into a fight after she confronted him about his alleged mistress; it was actually she who had given him the facial lacerations before chasing him out of the house with a golf club, smashing his car as he attempted to drive away, and causing him to be distracted and crash. The police dispute this scenario.
This incident shows a clear example of sexism. Let’s imagine that Woods and Nordegren had played opposite roles in this scenario: It had been reported that Woods had gotten into a fight with Nordegren about her alleged affair, giving her facial lacerations, and then chasing her out of the house with a golf club, smashing her car as she attempted to drive away, and causing her to crash into a fire hydrant and a tree, hospitalizing her and leaving her in and out of consciousness. In this event, the law and the public would be swarming Woods, and according to Florida’s strict domestic-violence laws, Woods would be arrested, even if his wife protested it.
Society’s action against men who abuse women and its oblivion to women abusing men is a double standard. Justice calls for equality under the law for all individuals, regardless of gender, race, income, creed, etc. Regardless if a man infringes upon the rights of a woman or a woman infringes upon the rights of a man, they both deserve equivalent punishment. The fact that the police dispute the evident scenario shows really how just our system is continuing to become.
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I understand what your argument about reverse sexism, but I really do not think this incident counts as Elin abusing her husband. We don't know exactly what happened during their fight. And, really I could care less if Elin did slap him. She probably was merely going crazy from the revelation of the fact that Tiger had multiple relationships with many women.
Also the fact of the matter is that in most cases men are stronger than the female. Men using force is most often different than women using force. Our perception of abuse is based on our past. In society and throughout history men have abused their wives far more often than women have abused their husbands. It takes a while for us to get rid of our preconceived notions.
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