The connection is that the comments were made in a week where the AFL are promoting gender diversity and backing domestic violence causes. It is bad week timing wise.
The other connection is that domestic violence often starts with disrespect or bullying.
I am not sure anybody has said the comments were akin to domestic violence or as bad as domestic violence or likely to lead to domestic violence. Purely a respect issue.
Good point. The timing is really bad. White ribbon week, the introduction of a female competition, and said during a major fundraising event. It's also totally disrespectful whether it's directed towards a male or female recipient.
Drawing a correlation to domestic violence? Can't really see that at all. It's shocking timing from Eddie, JB, and Frawley. Shocking. They made a gag and really didn't think of what was happening around them. It's also been blown so far out of proportion and completely unrealistic correlations have been drawn between the comments and domestic violence, which is wrong.
Once again, the media has made a mountain of a mole hill and decided to draw in the correlation that Ed is perpetuating violence towards women instead of removing the sex card from it. What if it was Mark Robinson or Damian Barrett? Would we be having this discussion? No.
We can't see that this was said because of the fact both Eddie and Caroline Wilson really don't like one another can we? Because it's not like they don't have a history? No, let's put that aside and play the sex card because we want to line up the boys for making a dumb comment which just so happens to be in white ribbon week.
Everyone on this site thinking that this has a sexist element to it perpetuating domestic violence needs to stop and examine the issue before opening their mouths and buying into the media mud fight.