she used a bad word, kneed him, and hit him.
he hit her back.
if a man the SAME SIZE as her called him a bad word, kneed in nuts, and punched him - and got a punch for it - we'd be applauding the player for protecting himself, even against a smaller opponent.
So gender lets them off the hook, right? NO. If Iris Kyle or some other very strong female kneed and punched the QB, and he punched back, nobody would be yelling about it.
So it's some combo of BOTH female AND smaller that makes punching her in self-defense unacceptable.
Did he over-react, punch harder than he had to? Of course - but legally, if I walk up to a dude - on video - call him a name, knee and punch him, and he delivers a nasty upercut to put my lights out, nobody is singing sad songs for me... I had that shit coming.
I did not know she kneed him too. Was she charged?