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With the video of Jersey Shore reality “actress” Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi taking quite a wallop to the face, MTV is receiving a lot of flack for airing the footage. In light of the recent events, MTV will air a public service announcement following next week’s episode: the episode where Snooki’s block gets knocked off.
The PSA states that violence against women in any form is a crime. They go on to state the obligatory hotline telephone numbers in reporting violence against females and will also provide support website, www.loveisrespect.com for viewer perusal.
Snooki states that the man who assaulted her has been arrested and will be charged with criminal battery. She also states that the clip is “hard for her to watch” but yet is thankful that MTV has decided to include it in the docu-drama (of course she is). Says Snooki:
“It should be out there. Everyone should know that it can happen… But also, a positive came out of it. It brought [the cast] closer together.”
Snooki goes on and claims that the initial story reported about the man stealing her drink was untrue. She states that the man had been bothering her and her friends all evening. It was only when she “politely” asked him to leave that he hit her.
I don’t really know where to go with this, other than to stick to my initial guns: violence in any capacity is wrong but I do believe that if you provoke it, you deserve what you end up with. Whether or not the entire true story of Snooki’s walloping will ever come to light will remain to be seen. I know that I won’t be watching the show. I’ve never heard a larger line of shit in my life.
You can check out Nicole’s Twitter here with all apologies for having to wait another few days for the infamous “punch incident” to air. Although the wait has evidently been hard, she claims no worries: the current episode has enough drama to tide you over until you get to see next week’s — you know, the one with the “punch incident.” Be sure to tune into her Tweets for the “contraversy” that is sure to ensue.
These people are trash, their lifestyles are trash and to allow a succubus like MTV to film their every move in order to seek false notariety is trash quantified.
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Uhm…you posted the text twice….
I think it’s very dangerous to say that those who “provoke” an attacker “deserve what [they] end up with.” Who decides what constitutes provocation? Many abusers claim to have been provoked into violence by the person they abuse, and victims often feel responsible for what is done to them. Girls should grow up understanding that physical violence is always wrong–that they don’t “deserve” to be hit, no matter what. In my opinion, the incident demands some form of recognition, otherwise the episode might seem to suggest that violence is a normal or acceptable part of life for an outspoken girl.
Honestly, I have to politely disagree with you there. We’re not in a court of law, where any differentiation from the norm (even a legitimate one) can set an unhealthy precedent and create loopholes for future offenders. We’re in the real world, where people should be expected to tell the difference between attention-whoring drama-stirrers and legitimate violence against women. And if people can’t tell the difference… we’ve got much bigger problems than a drunken douchebag punching some bitch who thinks the name “Snookie” is a great idea. It’s a slippery slope to say that she had it coming, but she did *provoke* it. He should still be charged with assault, but not because he hit a girl who was totally goading him to do it; he should be charged because assault is a crime in this country regardless of who does it to whom, and depending on how exactly the situation REALLY went down (only the unedited footage can tell), she may deserve to be charged with something as well. We have laws against “fighting words” in the US too.
Anyway, this girl is clearly thriving on the heaps and heaps of attention it got her, and having worked in reality TV for a few years, I can tell you with 90% certainty that the entire stint was at least partially staged, whether they planned out everything including the punch or orchestrated the fight hoping that someone would hit someone on camera and got their wish. The cameras don’t magically capture every single moment; they generally either goad the cast into doing what is wanted by the director, or they ask them to “redo” their interactions so the camera can catch them. In extreme cases, people will have their entire conversations fed to them, word for word, so that the camera can get each half of the conversation clearly, one by one.
I looked at the clip. She WAS getting in the guy’s face. He overreacted, but she’s hardly a victim. As a woman myself, and one who feels strongly disgusted by violence towards other women, I cheered. Why? Well, primarily because like it or not, it’s nice to see obnoxious people shut up for at least a second; I’m not going to lie, I’m not above that smug feeling of satisfaction. But also because he seems to be treating her like he would’ve treated a MAN who got up in his face. Because he’s not treating her like a delicate little flower who can’t handle a punch just because she has a vagina. Because in an unfortunate but kind of awesome way, this is ALSO equality for women.
If it’d been a male cast member who got punched, there would not be such a ruckus. People would probably just be cheering because some over-tanned jerk got punched, because we socially expect our males to duke it out (and then we tsk tsk about how they have no self-control, and excuse them cheating as well, because GOSH, THEY CAN’T HELP IT, IT’S ALL THAT TESTOSTERONE). While dismissing violence specifically TARGETED towards women is dangerous and extremely unhealthy, I will cheerfully take equal-opportunity violence in stride. If I want to be equal to men, and I do, I want to take the same punch to the face that a guy would in my circumstances.
Another woman who does’nt think all her problems are caused by (and can only be solved by) the evil men and there oppressive patriachy? You even sound rational. Seriously, are you a dude? Fess up man, it is not cool to go on these sites trying to goad these chicks. Get em riled up and there is no telling what they may do.
Naw, I just got tired of none of the boys playing Ninja Turtles with me as a kid because I was a girl. It was hard enough getting them to play tackle football without shutting me out because they were afraid to touch me (I once did a flip right around someone’s forearm; the side of his forearm got me right in the sternum when he tried to block my touchdown and I flippy-dipped over it like a Loony Toon! It was so cool! And I flipped over the line, so TOUCHDOWN HAHA.).
If there’s one thing I dislike as much as chauvinistic pigs who think women are second-class citizens, it’s the “gentlemen” who want to make special exceptions for me because of my frail and delicate vagina. Pah. I just wanna be treated equally, neither like property and/or an idiot, nor like I’m made of glass.
^ Nat, I think we’re kindred spirits. Except I MADE the boys play with me (as long as I got be Raphael).
“I will cheerfully take equal-opportunity violence in stride. If I want to be equal to men, and I do, I want to take the same punch to the face that a guy would in my circumstances.”
Ever have your teeth knocked out by a guy? Ever have your orbital broken? That’s what keeps your eyeball in your head. If it shatters, your eyeball can lay on your cheek, nice huh? Guess what, I’ve been hit by a guy, and I had broken teeth, and a black eye, luckily nothing broken, just fricking bruised, and I still have a lump, after almost 2 months.
Being hit by a guy is nothing like being hit by another girl, I know that too. Yeah, I’ve gotten into a few fights, but either way it’s very wrong for a guy to hit a girl, they are generally stronger, and cause much more damage if you compared punches, kicks, etc.
So, before you go making statements like above, make sure you know what you are asking for. You don’t want to end up with a concussion, your eyeballs laying on your cheeks, and no teeth.
So it’s purely a matter of relative size, then, rather than gender. Okay.
What about small guys with delicate bone structures? If, say, Dwayne Johnson is hanging out with Orlando Bloom at a bar, and they get into a fight, and Dwayne punches Orlando, is that verboten too because he’s smaller and will take a big fist harder?
Or what about female bodybuilders and athletes who strive to attain the kind of muscle mass most MEN couldn’t dream of? If I’m lunching with Serena Williams and she gets the wrong salad and I laugh at her, and she gets mad at me and punches me, is that unacceptable because it’s the impact equivalent of being hit by a man? I mean, that girl has worked her ass off to get those biceps – they’re bigger than most of my male friends’ entire upper arms!
Hitting people is childish and a sure sign of poor upbringing and a lack of intelligence, except in self-defense or sometimes the defense of others. It’s either wrong or it isn’t. Putting gender into it as a qualifier is silly, and boxes women in to the same frail delicate little flower role. There are huge, powerful women in the world and there are teeny weeny frail little men. If you absolutely have to come to blows, then yes, there’s honor in “picking on someone your own size,” but gender isn’t really the equalizer where that’s concerned, especially factoring in that women, even though they might be able to take less impact on average, also tend to have a higher pain tolerance than the average man.
I’m sorry that you got hit, I’m sure it hurt like a bitch and it was difficult to recover from and I hope the jerk that did it was duly prosecuted for assault, but feminism doesn’t and shouldn’t exempt women from being on the receiving end of violence – it just works to make sure they’re not being hit BECAUSE they’re women.
That, my friend, was absolutely perfect. Good show.
If you want equality then you should take the same risks as a man. The truth is life is hard, people are cruel and violent, they lie, cheat and steal. Fair play is almost nonexistant and when you are hurt and/or scared it is rare for someone to come to your rescue. This is the realty men live with there entire lives, no one protects men, a man is expected to solve his own problems and provide for himself and others. There are no excuses or second chances, do or die. If you want to be protected you have to be subservant, if you want to be equal you have to pull your own weight and be prepared to fight just as hard and bear the same indignites and blows a man must deal with on a daily basis. Or you can be a feminist and be protected and demand equality…….
Come to think of it that is a great deal!!!! You ladies are smart :)
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Put me on the side that says victim-blaming is not cool, which is what I think you’re doing, Sarah. Getting into an argument with someone does not mean you deserve to get punched. I haven’t seen the show, just the gif, but from what I’ve read she got into an argument with the guy after he stole her drink. Did she punch him and then he punched her back? If that’s the case, I can see where you’re coming from saying she deserved what she got – but I still don’t think that makes it right or excuses his behavior. From what I’ve read, the guy had been a problem for bouncers all night, so he was looking for trouble (it doesn’t sound as if she just walked up to the guy and started screaming at him).
I hope what Nat is saying is true and that this is completely scripted because that gif is disturbing to watch.
I don’t know her, or anything about the show, but I’m going to have to side with her on this one. Not because she’s a woman, and not because I think that she wasn’t being pushy or in his face or whatever becuase I don’t know the circumstances other than that they were in a bar.
If a man punches a woman in a bar without physical provocation, he should be charged with assault, regardless of how irritating she was being. But I think that the assaulter, regardless of their gender and the gender of the person they assault, should be charged in this type of situation. Too many times to bouncers in bar let a fight between two guys slide without calling authorities, and the same with fights between woman. It’s not ok to fight just because it’s between you and someone of your gender.
Physical violence isn’t cool and boy and girls in bars need to grow up and take responsibility for what they do when they are intoxicated because they still did it.
usually i think that a violent reaction to anything is ridiculous, but she got what was coming to her. on the other side, dude is a punk and should have a little more restraint, whether it is towards a guy or a girl. he should have been beaten down by the other guys standing around, but he was a “big” guy and they were the women in the group.
It astounds and embarrasses me that the word ‘feminism’ appears in the tagline for this site. If this is feminism then hold up while I jump off this train to Misogynyville. Unsubscribing.
feminism has developed since the times of “leaving the kitchen for a career” days. if you are embarrassed by the subtitle of a website, than you need to rethink your life. grow up
bahahaha. missed the point, much?
“I do believe that if you provoke it, you deserve what you end up with.”
NO ONE and I mean NO ONE deserves to be punched in the face. One punch to the face does not justify another punch to the face. Violence will never end violence, it only creates more violence.
Also, calling all these people “trash” is very intolerant. No one is trash, every human being has value -because- they are human beings.
People think there’s nothing wrong with “your opinion” but fail to see how engaging in this line of thought creates separatism and bigotry.
How all-American, Sarah.
And Nat, seriously, get off the internet, go outside and see the world for what it is. You clearly have much to learn.
Theres no excuse for this guys behavior… If she got up in his face and screamed at him he still shouldnt have sucker-punched her. Whether it was a he or she, neither should be hit like that. Sometimes in life you just have to be a grown up, and walk away. Even if that means from a little girl getting in your face. You are not God. Who are you to judge who should be punished for what. He needs to be put on meds and locked up.
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It’s extremely disturbing that so many females are lining up to side with the guy. Let me remind you that Snooki did not do anything physical to this loser, she only called him out for stealing her drink which a lot of people would have done. So it’s ok to hit any woman who says something a guy doesn’t like? Wife batterers have used that justification for eons and it’s kinda shocking to see females adopt it in the name of “feminism”. May I also remind you that this woman is only 4′9″.
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Did Sookie deserve to be punched? My answer is “No”. Did Sookie put herself in a situation to be punched, “Yes, she did”
From what I understand, he did NOT steal her drink, even Sookie has come out and said that never happened. Her side was that he was a belligerent drunk that even the bouncers had problems with, then he started bothering the cast members so she “politely” asked him to leave when he punched her. Once again this is her side. If he has put out a statement I have not seen it yet, so we only have her side of what happened.
Let us say play detective a bit, and assume she is embellishing her side, just a little of course. From what I can tell from the clip, he was drunk, it looked like the guy in between was telling the guy something he was not happy about, probably to walk away, Sookie pushed herself in his face, said something and flicked her fingers at him as dismiss gesture, then “Boom” Sookie drops like a brick. Yes, she got in the guy’s face, BUT she did not touch him, which means he never should have hit her, no matter how annoying she is, and he should be charged for assault.
Now let us be honest, did Sookie jump into a volatile situation and made it worse, the answer is sadly “YES”, no offense to any woman who have gotten hit by a guy, but in Sookie’s own words, the guy was a mean drunk that the bouncers thought were trouble, the guy in the middle appears to be calmly trying to diffuse the situation, yet Sookie jumps in the guy’s face. Seriously, the guy should not have hit her, no debate, but he is drunk and already looking for a fight, and yet Sookie jumps in and she already annoying on the best of days.
To all women, there are times to jump up and scream, but you have to read each situation carefully, because you jump up at the wrong time, and you could end up seriously hurt. Example, a guy is just constantly hitting on you and making your life miserable, you have every right to scream at him to stop, but I have also seen where the guy is completely wasted, the girl starts screaming and he just lays into her. Yes it is wrong, yes he was charged, yes the girl was in the right to try and get the guy to stop bothering her, but he spent 2 days in jail, she was in the hospital for almost a week and lived with pain for almost 2 months. This is not a perfect world, it is unfair and dangerous, and being right does not pay the bills, or help when you are crying yourself to sleep because you are now stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of your life.
This is why I feel that the feminism thing cannot last. Drunk and angry thug who is bigger than U? A man would never get in his face without a good reason or a backup plan. A woman fingers in his face and screaming, insulting, belittling, without a second thought. In fact you ladies seem to think there is no other way to behave. Women have no sence of self preservation, maybe its from men always protecting them. It seems that whenever a woman has to go it alone she invariably throws herself into the meat grinder. Ladies life is dangerous, sooner or later the men who feel it nessasary to protect you from your constant self-destruction will no longer be able to. Ladies just look around, look at the women who have protectors, good husbands, fathers, brothers, friends and those who don’t. See any differance?
Someone who assaults someone smaller and weaker than themselves, male or female, especially in a non-self defense role is a bully plain and simple. Bullying should never be condoned even when it’s done to someone you don’t like. The strong victimizing the weak is predatory and WRONG. Society is becoming so violent and angry, it’s really scary to watch.
Society is becoming so violent and angry…. I wish, that would mean at some point it was not and may be again.
Why so Negative? When I was growing up no one would have thought it ok to hit a woman like this. Society is getting WORSE.
When did you grow up? The drunk thug in a bar is older than the the wheel (literally). You must look great for your age.
You must hang out at real dives. I went to classy places where people don’t behave like that.
That not what I heard.
I completely agree with Nat.
And purplemonkeypaws….no one gives a fuck what the extent of your injuries are. Shit happens, go cry somewhere else…
Whom ever says she deserved it or provoked him with her mere words is an absolute and unforgivable moron. There is no two ways about it, Brad Ferro had absolutely no right to hit anyone at that bar. He was not defending himself or warding off an attack he punch someone who was sitting on the bar voicing her discontentment with his drunken behavior. This is not the Chris Brown/ Rihanna incident where it’s alleged that she struck him first. Nicole (whatever her last name is) did nothing to earn being knocked to the floor, plain and simple. He should have served jail time and he should undoubtedly and promptly be fired from his teaching position in Queens. If I were a parent of a student at that school, I’d pull my kid out if he was allowed to stay on. What kind of message does that send those kids – that no doubt will see their drunken teacher on MTV at some point.
All points aside, she’s still an asshole.
The main point is: I bet she never jumps in someone’s face ever again. Life is all about lessons, and sometimes stupid bitches need to learn theirs.
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