Athletes And Domestic Violence
A lady calls 911 and cries that her husband is beating her. She wants to
file a report, but then asks the dispatcher if it is going to be in the paper
the next day. When the dispatcher doesn't reply, she changes her mind about the
report and hangs up (Cart). The lady was Sun Bonds, wife of all-star San
Francisco Giant, Barry Bonds. Like the wives of other famous players, she was a
victim of spousal abuse. Athletes are praised as heroes for what they do on the
playing field, but what they do off the field is never mentioned. As a
disappointed sports fan, I want to draw attention to the domestic violence cases
that involve athletes.
Athletes have been abusing their spouses since sports ...
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Michael Cooper, Darryl Strawberry, Duane Causwell, Olden Polynice,
Robert Parish, and OJ Simpson( Callahan, Sports Ilustrated). And these are only
the pro athletes whose wives had the courage to report the violence.
Madeline Popa, president of Nebraska National Organization for Women
stated, "Athletes are role models to small children. [Viewers] worry about the
violence on television, but generally that is make- believe. When [there are]
real-life heroes [engaging in violence], the message to young boys and
girls is, 'If you are a star athlete you can get away with things
(qtd in L.A. Times).'"
There is an act of domestic violence every eighteen seconds in the
United States. One in every three women will experience it, according to a study
done by The L.A. Times. Abuse is the number one cause of injury for women. About
six million women are abused each year; four thousand are killed (Cart).
Although the sports world is not involved with all of these statistics, they are
an ...
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is one of the many
people who disagree with Lapchick. She believes that sports create an aggression
found in men who beat their wives. She says,
It is not the sport themselves, but the culture of the sports in which
male athlete and coaches talk about women with contempt. The culture of
sports is a breeding ground. It begins with the little league coach saying,
'you throw like a girl.' This teaches boys to feel superior. Masculinity is
defined as aggression and dominance. In order to be a man you have to be on
top, to control, to dominate (qtd in L.A. Times).
Dr. Myriam Miedzian author of Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link
Between Masculinity and Violence, agrees with Nelson. ...
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