The security footage leaked Monday told an ugly truth we had already imagined: Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice struck his then-fiancÉ, Janay, so hard that she fell unconscious onto an elevator floor.
When TMZ aired the previously unseen clip of the February assault at an Atlantic City casino, it sparked outrage — and judgment. The NFL suspended Rice indefinitely and the Ravens cut him from the team. Across the Internet, Rice was cast as a sociopath, and Janay as a victim who made a grave mistake for marrying the man who viciously hit her.
The footage also spawned two Twitter hashtags documenting why domestic violence victims had either stayed with or left their abusers. These confessions were cathartic, describing experiences the public doesn't regularly hear and demonstrating the complexity of living in abusive relationships.
Yet, most voices never considered one of the most taboo questions regarding domestic violence: How do we effectively treat batterers so that fewer women experience the horrors of abuse?
[For more of this story, written by Rebecca Ruiz, go to http://mashable.com/2014/09/11...tic-abuse-treatment/]
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