Domestic Abuse In Sports

Sports have come a long way in modern history, At no other time in history have sports played such a dominant role in the lives of people than today. Thanks to the widespread of the new world’s pervasiveness of mass mediums such as the internet and its social media components and television, adults and children alike consume sports at an astonishing rate. When we are not physically involved in sports, we play them via video games or in fantasy leagues, and we watch them on TV. The celebrity status of top athletes speaks to the importance we attach to sporting events and our daily routines.

With professional sports being such a pivotal aspect of modern society, it is often used as a measurement of social integrity. Sport is seen as a platform

It affects all people regardless of race, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender, religion and or nationality. For the most part, the abuse is commonly directed towards women and children, and the perpetrator is usually the partner of the woman whom in many cases is a male actor. According to The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, In the United States, an average of 20 people are physically abused by intimate partners every minute. This equates to more than 10 million abuse victims annually. Another study conducted by the National Organization for women states, In 2005, 1,181 women were murdered by an intimate partner.That’s an average of three women every day. Of all the women murdered in the U.S., about one-third were killed by an intimate partner. Shocking analytics, as it should be; another alarming fact is that most domestic abuse altercations are kept secret due to fear and the threat of the abusive partner. As you can tell this does not make the situation any

Professional athletes are praised highly for what they do on the playing field, but what they do off the field is in many cases nonexistent or rather mentioned. It has become an apparent trend amongst professional athletes to physically feel empowered to abuse their spouses. Athletes have been abusing their spouses for a long time, since the creation of sports, it wasn’t until a few cases were brought on to the light of the national stage for the viewership of the nation to see what goes on in the background of an athlete’s lifestyle. Now, what is the cause of this heinous act? you may ask, and why is it so common amongst the pro athlete population? The amount of attention athletes receive has risen, due to this fact, many of them feel as though they have immense power and control over their spouse or intimate partner. Of course this shouldn’t be a reason to violate another individuals’ well being. For years the topic of domestic violence against intimate partners has been a topic of debate especially in the field of sports where athletes are thought of as role models and they construed that status by physically assault their