George Foreman Quotes
When it gets to the part in life where you're more afraid of what your wife is going to do to you than if you box, say, Mike Tyson, you've got to get a new profession. You don't get to be a family. I know why boxers never quit, some of them. They don't have wives.
Foreman, George. Interview by Larry King. Larry King Live, CNN, 12 Oct. 1995.
There are many societies of the world where at one time spousal abuse was common and the superstitious thought that it improved the quality of family lives. These were the same societies that thought that storms and natural disasters were the punishment of the Gods, that saw no relationship between disease, infection and cleanliness—sanitation, freedom and happiness. This quotation shows us how far we have come as humans.
Theological & Sharia Legal Expert. As a de facto matter, it was not until relatively recently that the American legal system would prosecute a marital rape case. Sharia (Islamic law) still does not recognize it
That is easy for the man to do. At the time, this Indian view was little different than that prevailing amongst religious Christian whites.
This is one of Schlafy’s many grossly extreme quotations. According to her, marital rape is impossible. So a woman can never withdraw her consent once given regardless of what a man does—beats her, commits adultery. No court in America has ever accepted this view (Schlafy was actually trained as a lawyer) but Sharia, Islamic Law, is the only legal system that corresponds to Schlafy’s notion on this particular point.
Paglia was an anti feminist. She never studied the intimidation effect of men who threaten their spouse’s lives if they are abandoned and each year many spouses and girlfriends are murdered for just that reason. Nor has she studied the millions of women who have no way to make a living yet have children to support who then stay with an abusive partner.
George Edward Foreman is an American former professional boxer, entrepreneur, minister and author. As a professional boxer, he was nicknamed "Big George" and competed between 1969 and 1997. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. As an entrepreneur, he is known for the George Foreman Grill.
