{"id":4360,"date":"2006-02-05T15:28:54","date_gmt":"2006-02-05T19:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2006\/02\/05\/more-domestic-violence-at-xma"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:11","slug":"more-domestic-violence-at-xmas-than-super-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/02\/05\/more-domestic-violence-at-xmas-than-super-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"More Domestic Violence at  Xmas than Super Bowl?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a5923'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Domestic Violence is a serious subject &#8212; one I ran into a lot in my <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">decade practicing in family court.&nbsp; Like all serious subjects, though, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">it should be addressed without hyperbole and fear-mongering, and <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">certainly without distorting statistics. One of the biggest distortion <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">campaigns in recent years is the one stating that Super Bowl Sunday <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">has the highest incidence of domestic violence against women of any <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">day in our national calendar.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\">thin winter coat<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\">so little protection<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\">against her boyfriend<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">&nbsp;<A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/18#a3481\"><FONT color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"1\">John Stevenson<\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp; <\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1893959449\/qid=1111164588\/sr=11-1\/ref=sr_11_1\/104-1569557-1267912\"><FONT color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\"><EM>Quiet Enough<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;(Red Moon Press, 2004)<\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Along with several other sources, <EM>Snopes.com<\/EM> has done a good job of <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">debunking the SB\/DV link, in its &#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/crime\/statistics\/superbowl.asp\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Super Bull Sunday<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">,&#8221; which includes <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">a timeline by <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.aei.org\/scholars\/scholarID.56,filter.all\/scholar.asp\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">Christina Hoff Summers<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><FONT color=\"black\">&nbsp;showing<\/FONT>&nbsp;&#8220;how the apocryphal <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">statistic about domestic violence on Super Bowl Sunday was foisted <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">upon the public over the course of a few days leading up to the Super <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Bowl in January 1993&#8243;&nbsp; &#8212; when the group FAIR convinced NBC Television <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">network to run a public service announcement prior to the start of the <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Super Bowl broadcast. The announcement warned: &#8220;Domestic violence <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">is a crime.&#8221;&nbsp;The Snopes piece states: <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;Unfortunately, nearly every cause will encompass a sub-group <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">of advocates who, either through deliberate disingenuousness <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">or earnest gullibility, end up spreading &#8216;noble lies&#8217; in the further-<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">ance of that cause. The myth of Super Bowl Sunday violence is <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">one such noble lie.&#8221; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;Sommers concluded, &#8216;How a belief in that misandrist canard <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">can make the world a better place for women is not explained&#8217;.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/bullyflip.gif\" alt=\"bully flip\" \/>&nbsp;When pressed for statistics, in 1993, those who most strongly&nbsp;touted <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">the SB\/DV link basically <A href=\"http:\/\/clk.about.com\/?zi=1\/XJ&amp;sdn=alcoholism&amp;zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fair.org%2Fextra%2F9304%2Fsuperbowl.html\">stated<\/A>&nbsp;they never said they&nbsp;had statistical studies,<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">but only referred to&nbsp;anecdotal reports&#8221; from domestic violence shelters and <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">advocates (suggesting a 40% increase in incidents).&nbsp; Statistics backing <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">up the link still do not exist, but we discuss a study below that rebutts it.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">These debunking efforts&nbsp;led to many articles last January saying that <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">the SB\/DV link is&nbsp;just a myth, and many&nbsp;again this year.&nbsp; See, <EM>e.g<\/EM>., <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>Seatlle Post-Intelli<\/EM><EM>gencer<\/EM>, &#8220;<\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/football\/258146_myths03.html\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Big game, bigger urban legends<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">,&#8221; Feb. 2,<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;2006; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/nbc15.madison.com\/news\/headlines\/2259871.html\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">15Now.com<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">, Madison, WI,&nbsp;<STRONG>&nbsp;<\/STRONG>&#8220;Super Bowl\/ Domestic Violence Link <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">a Myth;&#8221; and&nbsp;(with a somewhat misleading headline) <EM>Public Opinion Online<\/EM>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">&#8220;<SPAN><A href=\"http:\/\/www.publicopiniononline.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060203\/NEWS01\/602030315\/1002\"><FONT color=\"#000000\">Domestic violence numbers go up in January<\/FONT><\/A>&#8221;&nbsp;(Feb. 3, 2006). <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/quarterbackflip.gif\" alt=\"quarterback flip\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Why am I irked and writing on this topic today?&nbsp; It&#8217;s because I searched <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Google News for Super Bowl&#8221; +&#8221;domestic violaence<\/EM>&#8220;&gt; yesterday and <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">found a number of results on the first two pages that&nbsp;linked to efforts to&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">re-establish the&nbsp;connection.&nbsp; None of them present any additional, useful <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">evidence or argument.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">For example, an article at the Alcoholism\/Substance-Abuse section of <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>About.com<\/EM> asks &#8220;<\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/alcoholism.about.com\/cs\/abuse\/a\/aa020201a.htm\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Does Domestic Violence Increase<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"> on Super Bowl <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Sunday?&#8221;&nbsp; In a section labelled &#8220;Debunking the Debunkers&#8221;, however, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">the piece merely repeats the 1993 <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/clk.about.com\/?zi=1\/XJ&amp;sdn=alcoholism&amp;zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fair.org%2Fextra%2F9304%2Fsuperbowl.html\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">claims<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"> by FAIR spokesperson Laura <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Flanders that the group had never claimed to have statistics or studies, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">but was using anectodal evidence.&nbsp; About concludes: <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;What is the bottom line on this issue? Flanders&#8217; article spelled <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">it out: &#8220;Workers at women&#8217;s shelters, and some journalists, have <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">long reported that Super Bowl Sunday is one of the year&#8217;s worst <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">days for violence against women in the home. FAIR hoped that <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">the broadcast of an anti-violence PSA on Super Sunday, in front <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">of the biggest TV audience of the year, would sound a wake-up <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">call for the media, and it did.&#8221;<BR><BR>&#8220;That PSA saved lives, Flanders said.&#8221;<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/femaleSymN.jpg\" alt=\"femaleSymN\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/maleSymN.jpg\" alt=\"maleSymN\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Not a lot of meat there.&nbsp; Nonetheless, the About.com piece ends up being<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">the most substantive one I could find. WFAA-TV, KVUE.com in Austin, TX, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">has an online article, by Rebecca Lopez, <SPAN>Feb. 3, 2006.<\/SPAN>&nbsp;that is headlined <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">&#8220;<SPAN><A href=\"http:\/\/www.kvue.com\/news\/state\/stories\/020306kvuedomesticviolence-cb.69c6fea7.html\"><EM>Super Bowl weekend may see domestic violence rise<\/EM><\/A>,&#8221;&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp; Here is the entire <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN>piece:<\/SPAN><SPAN><STRONG>&nbsp;<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN>&#8220;This weekend<\/SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;may be a big one for football fans but there&#8217;s also a <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">darker side many people may not realize. Super Bowl Sunday is a very <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">busy day for domestic violence calls. Around the world &#8211; one out of every <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">her lifetime. Many people watched yesterday&#8217;s police car chase unfold <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">on television. A man holding a rifle to his girlfriend after allegedly kidnap-<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN>ping <\/SPAN><SPAN>her and her young daughter.&#8221; <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Finally, on Feb. 3, KVEWtv in Washington State&#8217;s Apple Valley had a segment\/<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">article headlined&nbsp;&#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.kvewtv.com\/index_full.php?sect_rank=1&amp;story_id=183930\"><FONT size=\"2\">Police Expect Busy Super Sunday <\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\">Domestic violence calls<\/FONT><\/A><SPAN><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;<U><FONT color=\"#800080\"> <\/FONT><\/U><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>and drunk driving arrests spike during Super Bowl,&#8221; by Jessica Swain.&nbsp;Here is <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>the entire text, which never again mentions domestic violence: <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>&#8220;Super Bowl Sunday traditionally makes for a busy evening for law <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>enforcement in the Mid-Columbia. Extra Washington State troopers <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>will be on the highways, and police will be watching streets within city <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>limits looking for drunk drivers. Police say with the Seahawks in the <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">game this year, it&#8217;s sure to be a party in the Mid-Columbia.&nbsp; &#8220;If you <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">start doing 2, 3, 4 drinks an hour, you&#8217;re becoming intoxicated and so <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">you need to monitor it and if you&#8217;re a party make sure there&#8217;s food,&#8221; <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">says Sgt. Ken Lattin with the Kennewick Police Dept.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;You&#8217;ve heard it before: if you do plan to drink in Sunday, police say <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN>plan <\/SPAN><SPAN>ahead, designate a sober driver or take a cab home.&#8221;<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>All Hat and No Cattle.<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/ekgchart.gif\" alt=\"ekg\" \/><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>Before I leave this topic, I want to address two more issues: First, at his <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">weblog <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/commcognition.blogspot.com\/\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><EM>Communication, Cognition, and Arbitrary Thoughts<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">, S.D. <\/FONT><\/SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>&#8220;Sam&#8221; <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Bradley has a post today called &#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/commcognition.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/regrettable-side-of-super-bowl.html\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Regrettable side of the Super <\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN><SPAN><A href=\"http:\/\/commcognition.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/regrettable-side-of-super-bowl.html\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Bowl<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Sam presents data from a significant study headed by <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.indiana.edu\/~telecom\/faculty\/gantz.html\" target=\"blank\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Walter Gantz<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">, <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>that looked at the SB\/DV link.&nbsp; They were not able to get statistics from <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>women&#8217;s shelters and emergency rooms, but they did receive date-specific <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>information on 911 domestic violence dispatches from 15 of the 30 police <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>departments in NFL cities that we targeted &#8212; ending up with 26,192 days <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>of domestic violence data.&nbsp; <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>Despite the headline on the post, Ganz <EM>et al.<\/EM> did not find a significant <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>showing that the Super Bowl is a domestic violence villain:<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN>&#8220;<\/SPAN><SPAN>In the final analysis, we were looking at 1,366,518 separate <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>domestic violence dispatches. How many were statistically <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>related to the Super Bowl? According to our analysis, 272 of <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>those incidents were due to a Super Bowl falling on a given <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>day (we also included the day following the Super Bowl to <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>apture any 911 dispatches that happened after midnight since <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>the Super Bowl starts so late on the East coast). In the total <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>pool of incidents, this is a small fraction (.0199 percent); however, <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN>f<\/SPAN><SPAN>or those 272 individuals, the threat is very real. <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><\/SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>&#8220;If we look at all of the incidents on Super Bowl days, then those <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>272 incidents represent 6.5% of the total incidents for those days. <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>This is no small increase &#8212; especially for those involved. To put the <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>Super Bowl in perspective, however, our analysis predicted that 1,238 <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>incidents &#8212; almost 1,000 more &#8212; were due to Christmas.&#8221;<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/DeskCalG.gif\" alt=\"deskCalG\" \/><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>Sam explains further: &#8220;In the end, the Super Bowl does not look like a Super <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>villain. Instead,<EM> it looks a lot like a holiday<\/EM>. The Super Bowl puts more people <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>together and sprinkles in alcohol. In the final piece, we wrote:<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>&nbsp;&#8220;Viewed from this perspective, it appears that the Super Bowl has <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>all of the elements to spark holiday-related domestic violence: increased <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>expectations, close domestic interaction, and alcohol consumption.&#8221;<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">An earlier <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/newsinfo.iu.edu\/news\/page\/normal\/977.html\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">press release<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"> for their preliminary study&nbsp;said it well:<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>&#8220;Previous studies have raised concerns about a pattern of violent behavior <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>against women around the time of the Super Bowl. But the preliminary<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>study . . &nbsp;found that the number of cases that day was relatively small <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>compared to those reported on holidays such as Christmas or Memorial <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>Day.&#8221;<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">The report on this study will soon appear in <\/FONT><A href=\"https:\/\/www.erlbaum.com\/shop\/tek9.asp?pg=products&amp;specific=0-8058-5189-5\"><EM><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Handbook of sports and media<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">, <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>A. A. Raney &amp; J. Bryant (Eds.), in a chapter entitled &#8220;Televised NFL games, the <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">family, and domestic violence,&#8221; <SPAN>Gantz, W., Bradley, S. D., &amp; Wang, Z. (2006). <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN><SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/HouseCards.gif\" alt=\"HouseCards\" \/><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">One last issue, is a question: <EM>Just what would those who see a major link <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>between the Super Bowl and Domestic Violence have us do?<\/EM>&nbsp; Most important,<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">what would they have &#8220;high-risk&#8221; women do?&nbsp;&nbsp; Tell their significant other they <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">will be on guard, invite protectors to their home, pack a weapon?&nbsp;&nbsp; Today, at her <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><A href=\"http:\/\/bannedbreed.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/serious-sunday-before-i-get-to-heart.html\"><EM><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Banned Breed<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"> weblog, Raine Devries has a post called &#8220;Serious Sunday,&#8221; where <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">she states (emphasis added):&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">&#8220;Before I get to the heart of today&#8217;s opinion, I would like to mention <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT color=\"#000000\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">that on Super Bowl Sunday, there are higher than <EM>normal <\/EM>reports <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT color=\"#000000\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">of domestic violence. If you or someone you know is at risk today, <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">please invite them to a film, go to a restaurant, or just get together and <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">watch something on TV &#8212; <EM>just get them out of the line of fire for a few hours<\/EM>.&#8221;<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">That sounds to me like a recipe for turning what could be an enjoyable day for a <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">couple into a major sore spot &#8212; before and after the woman gets home.&nbsp; If&nbsp;the male &nbsp;<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">is drunk, and either unhappy or empowered by the results of the&nbsp;Game, the &#8220;today,<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">I&#8217;m <EM>really<\/EM> afraid of you&#8221; posture does not seem to be desirable or beneficial.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">As I said at the top, Domestic Violence is serious business. It deserves serious, <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">frank discussion, treatment and action.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/quarterback.gif\" alt=\"quarterback\" \/><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT size=\"+0\"><FONT size=\"+0\"><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; superbowl sunday&#8230;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the priest presents a sermon<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; on paganism<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; touchdown<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; momentum shifts<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to the bookie<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/22#a3508\"><FONT color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"1\"><STRONG>ed markowski<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\">&#8220;loveSeatF&#8221; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\">now that I have <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\">turned off the television<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\">the winter night<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/18#a3481\"><FONT color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"2\">John Stevenson<\/FONT><\/A>&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1893959449\/qid=1111164588\/sr=11-1\/ref=sr_11_1\/104-1569557-1267912\"><STRONG><FONT color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\"><EM>Quiet Enough<\/EM><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A><FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;(Red Moon Press, 2004)<\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> Find out why the <A href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/espn\/page2\/story?page=hruby\/060204\"><FONT color=\"black\">flatulence is lethal<\/FONT><\/A> <\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">on Super Bowl Sunday. <\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">Super Bowl Party &#8211; <\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">the aging bachelor<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">brings the Beano<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <EM><FONT size=\"1\">dagosan<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN>&nbsp;<\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT size=\"+0\"><FONT size=\"+0\"><SPAN style=\"#333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><FONT color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;snowflakeS&#8221;<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Domestic Violence is a serious subject &#8212; 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