Ronda Rousey has been a champion of the fight against domestic violence, but leaders at the forefront of the movement might want to take a closer look at how involved they want her to be.
Rousey is currently dating UFC heavyweight Travis Browne, who has been accused this year of domestic violence against his estranged wife, Jenna Renee Webb, very publicly. She also admitted to beating an ex-boyfriend she nicknamed “Snappers McCreepy” after finding out he had taken nude photos of her.
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In her autobiography, Rousey detailed the scene in which she slapped him, punched him twice, and then kneed him in the face. Rousey, arguably the greatest women’s mixed martial artist in the sport’s history, is now under a harsh spotlight.
"I'm not comfortable with her behavior," Kim Pentico of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, told Yahoo. "What I am absolutely not willing to say is she's committed domestic violence without speaking with him and learning more about that relationship."
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Pentico also acknowledged that Rousey, even though she’s a trained fighter, will not be treated the same as NFL players Ray Rice and Greg Hardy have been.
"I own that there's a double standard here," Pentico said. "Until the tables turn in our society, it is going to be that way."
Rousey has been standoffish on the topic since confirming her relationship with Browne. She has not commented on dating him since it became public, and recently hung up on a media conference call when a reporter asked simply if she was okay with Browne coming forward.
“Ronda, I know you’re trying to focus and only speak about stuff that’s happening inside the octagon, training and all that, but recently Travis Browne announced that you guys were in a relationship. Were you okay with him announcing that? Were you cool with that?”
Rousey simply hung up and never returned to the call. It was a far cry from he triumph at the ESPYs, when she defeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. for Fighter of the Year, and mocked his own domestic violence history.
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