# Biden, Wife-Beating and "Rule of Thumb"

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 4, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-wife-beating-and-rule-of-thumb/845922 "2020-01-04T05:56:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-wife-beating-and-rule-of-thumb/845922/26 "2020-01-04T17:26:41Z")

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**UltraVires** , this was your your opinion of pinning a woman down and placing a hand over her mouth to stifle cries to the point where the woman feared for her life due to smothering.

> [@Can Democrats actually stop the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-democrats-actually-stop-the-nomination-of-brett-kavanaugh/820733/3195):
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> Right. In 1982, that was called “trying to get laid.” In 2018 it is sexual assault. I’m not endorsing it, but in the interests of having an open conversation on a message board, let’s not just attack people and debate the merits.

It is absolutely bonkers that you are now suggesting that the past was not more dangerous for women to be on the receiving end of violence at the hands of men.

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