The Pros And Cons Of Domestic Violence

Introduction and definitions: “Domestic violence is abuse committed against an adult or fully emancipated minor who is a spouse, former spouse, former cohabitant, or person with whom the suspect has had a child or is having or has had a dating or engagement relationship” (Yingling, 2016). “The one constant component of domestic violence is one partner’s consistent efforts to maintain power and control over the other” (NCADV). There are several types of abuse including physical, sexual, psychological, verbal/emotional and financial. Physical abuse is described as hitting, pushing, punching, scratching, strangling, biting, kicking, using a weapon, grabbing a partner’s face to make him/her look at you or something, grabs to prevent partner

“Congress’ failure to include the women’s leagues in this matter highlights the continual misconception that women can’t be perpetrators. The people who are abused by women are just as real as the victims who are abused by men” (dynamore). Unlike the NFL’s stance on domestic violence, the NBA and MLB have not tightened their position very much on this crime because of their associations’ collective bargaining agreements and constitutions. Instead, they have adopted comprehensive policies that have no maximum or minimum penalties (Sports).
Professional boxer, Floyd Mayweather has an “extensive history of domestic abuse that is well-documented and reprehensible” (Deadspin). Mayweather has been arrested or cited for violence at least seven times in separate physical assaults on a total of five different women, two of whom have born him four children. In 2002, he was charged with two counts of domestic violence and one count of misdemeanor battery. His penalty was a six-month suspended