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Domestic violence rateof NFL players is about half of the national average

Posted on 9/17/14 at 1:56 pm
Posted by samson'sseed
Augusta
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 9/17/14 at 1:56 pm
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Proving the whole controversy is media hype.

NFL players are actually less likely to beat their wives than the average American man.
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
61788 posts
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:11 pm to
Feminists are racists.
Posted by AUbagman
LA
Member since Jun 2014
10572 posts
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:28 pm to
People look for anything to be outraged and miserable over, just part of life.
Posted by NorthReb
Michigan
Member since Jul 2013
547 posts
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:38 pm to
Or the wives/girlfriends of NFL players are half as likely to report it in fear of losing that comfy life. Just throwing out the possibility.
Posted by ehole
in a house
Member since Nov 2010
3373 posts
Posted on 9/17/14 at 6:13 pm to
The general population commits all crime at around 55% more frequently than pro players.
Posted by KSGamecock
The Woodlands, TX
Member since May 2012
22982 posts
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:14 pm to
This makes me even more annoyed by the talking head I saw on CNN the other day, she was arguing that the Ray Rice and Adrian Pererson incidents are proof that the NFL needs to provide more and mandatory education about domestic abuse.

Really? Two guys out of hundreds and very different cases and what is that going to do. It's the same issue I have with the way some sexual harassment and prevention classes work. I'm of the thinking that no amount of education is going to stop a rapist or a abuser. You can't enlighten those people. A rapist or abuser isn't going to have a moment where they go "Welp, I never knew that was wrong, guess I'll never do that again."

The best we can hope to do is educate people on what to look for and ways to intervene to stop rapists and abusers, there's verily little hope for the offenders themselves. It seems like a lot of "education" is counterproductive, it scares people into thinking that rapists and abusers are everywhere and unfairly paints groups of people, usually men and in this case all NFL players, with a ridiculously large brush.
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 9:16 pm
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