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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 634617" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Did anyone else watch David Letterman last night? He had Dr. Phil on and they were talking about this incident. Dr. Phil was saying many of the same things, why so many of these women stay with their abusers, how they are really in much more danger when they leave, how the abusers isolate their victims from their support systems of family and friends, and how this girls'</p><p> behavior is so very typical of victims of serious domestic violence. He said that when they leave, it needs to be planned out - money saved, transportation lined up, a safe place to stay arranged, etc.</p><p></p><p>I think this thing with some profession athletes is a little different than with ordinary guys who abuse women. Some of them may have grown up in a home where they saw women in their families being abused. But these elite athletes come up through a unique culture. They are praised and glorified for their accomplishments, most of them starting in high school. So many times their bad behavior is overlooked or excused and they learn that the rules don't apply to them. It carries over to college where they are even more glorified, many more misdeeds swept under the rug because the rules don't apply to them. I saw this myself when I was in college - star football players who all owned bright, shiny convertibles and made straight A's taking classes like basket weaving and folk dancing! True story! If the make it to the pro's, they're even more convinced that they are the big, strong, invincible supermen who can do exactly as they please with no consequences whatsoever because the rules don't apply to them. They're rich and famous and untouchable. And someone will cover for them.</p><p></p><p> Certainly the colleges and pro sports leagues are as much to blame for sweeping it under the rug. OF COURSE the team had seen the video of him knocking her out in the elevator! They just chose to ignore it until the poopie hit the fan and it all came out. And I don't know if this story was carried nationally or if it was just on here locally, but a while back four star football players from Vanderbilt University were accused of rape. They had drugged and then raped a young female student in a dorm room. The story finally leaked out but it was quite a while before they were even dropped from the team. And now, even with rape charges hanging over their heads, two of them transferred to other universities, were welcomed with open arms, and were playing football for their new schools! After a loud public outcry, one was finally dropped off the team by the head coach who claimed to have had no knowledge of the rape charges his new player was facing. Yeah, right! Until that attitude changes, this will go on and on and on ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 634617, member: 1883"] Did anyone else watch David Letterman last night? He had Dr. Phil on and they were talking about this incident. Dr. Phil was saying many of the same things, why so many of these women stay with their abusers, how they are really in much more danger when they leave, how the abusers isolate their victims from their support systems of family and friends, and how this girls' behavior is so very typical of victims of serious domestic violence. He said that when they leave, it needs to be planned out - money saved, transportation lined up, a safe place to stay arranged, etc. I think this thing with some profession athletes is a little different than with ordinary guys who abuse women. Some of them may have grown up in a home where they saw women in their families being abused. But these elite athletes come up through a unique culture. They are praised and glorified for their accomplishments, most of them starting in high school. So many times their bad behavior is overlooked or excused and they learn that the rules don't apply to them. It carries over to college where they are even more glorified, many more misdeeds swept under the rug because the rules don't apply to them. I saw this myself when I was in college - star football players who all owned bright, shiny convertibles and made straight A's taking classes like basket weaving and folk dancing! True story! If the make it to the pro's, they're even more convinced that they are the big, strong, invincible supermen who can do exactly as they please with no consequences whatsoever because the rules don't apply to them. They're rich and famous and untouchable. And someone will cover for them. Certainly the colleges and pro sports leagues are as much to blame for sweeping it under the rug. OF COURSE the team had seen the video of him knocking her out in the elevator! They just chose to ignore it until the poopie hit the fan and it all came out. And I don't know if this story was carried nationally or if it was just on here locally, but a while back four star football players from Vanderbilt University were accused of rape. They had drugged and then raped a young female student in a dorm room. The story finally leaked out but it was quite a while before they were even dropped from the team. And now, even with rape charges hanging over their heads, two of them transferred to other universities, were welcomed with open arms, and were playing football for their new schools! After a loud public outcry, one was finally dropped off the team by the head coach who claimed to have had no knowledge of the rape charges his new player was facing. Yeah, right! Until that attitude changes, this will go on and on and on ... [/QUOTE]
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