I am so glad that the NFL didn't go from one extreme (let's pretend
domestic violence doesn't happen....until caught on camera) to the other
extreme, as sugguested at one point, caught twice and you will never play in
the NFL again.
Would they deserve it? YES.
Would it change a damn thing? NO.
And,
yes my mantra of Unintended Consequences holds true here - a woman whose
"fault" it was to get a man kicked out of pro sports would never
report it. Why?
(1) Remember the mindset of an abused woman already is one of low
self-esteem and wrongly thinking she actually deserves it somehow or did
something to cause it, and
(2) she would
either be afraid, be threatened, or actually end up dead.
Yes, education is a
much better way to go --- as long as there are real consequences, both in the league
and with the law, to go along with it.
Where to get help, where to give: http://www.ncadv.org/resources/StateCoalitionList.php
Heather J. Kirk
Art by Heather J. Kirk www.heather-kirk.artistwebsites.com
Literature by Heather J. Kirk http://www.photographicartistry.citymax.com/Books.html
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