Abuse Bowl Sunday?

[Modern School]

The Super Bowl is barely 24 hours away, and people across the country, even other parts of the world, are all gearing up for a marathon of beer, Velveeta topped Fritos, endless commercials (and, oh yeah, probably a little head banging good ‘ole ‘Merican football, too). And many are also bracing for that annual orgy of misogynistic violence that accompanies it.

Or are they?

Domestic violence is a serious problem. Thousands of children are killed by their parents each year and it is a cause of death and terror for many women and some men. However, the notion that violence against women skyrockets during the Super Bowl is just plain bogus. The hoax started in 1993, when a group of women called a press conference before the Super Bowl presenting data from a study done at Old Dominion that showed incidents of domestic violence jumped 40% after games won by the Redskins during the 1988-89 season. After this, psychologists, doctors and shelter workers started coming out of the woodwork with their own evidence to support these claims. The hoax was so convincing that NBC ran public service announcements during the Super Bowl warning men that they could face prison for attacking their wives. It was ultimately exposed as a hoax when the Washington Post tried to follow up on the studies.

To read the complete article, please see http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/02/abuse-bowl-hoax.html

[rfranklin]

1. My wife always beats me on Super Bowl Sunday...

She's very sharp at picking the winners.

[tabasco]

2. James Harrison will be doing some abusing

on the field.

[Lucky Luciano]

3. my fiancee is a massive Packers fan (from Kobe Japan which is unusual!)

I will definitely be abused if the Packer's lose!

[lumberjack_jeff]

4. I think there are better topic forums for this post. n/t