Feminists claim a bogus strong link between televised football and/or major sports events such as the U.S Superbowl to sudden surges in the incidence of domestic violence.
By way of background this topic was formally addressed in another of my blog posts entitled ‘Fudging the figures to support the feminist narrative‘.
Given however that the media repeats the same theme in various western countries on a fairly regular basis, I have decided that it merits its own post here. But don’t take my word for it, just try word-searching on google, twitter, etc, using terms like ‘World Cup domestic violence’ or ‘Super Bowl domestic violence’ to find examples such as those listed below.
To start the ball rolling let’s begin by reading ‘Does most domestic violence occur on Super Bowl sunday?‘ (7 September 2001), and then move on to ‘The World Cup Abuse Nightmare‘, by Christina Hoff Sommers (10 July 2010)
Australian variants of the same hoax include this 2014 article and one about the NSW State of Origin (2018)
I used to think the Melbourne Cup was wholesome as … well … whatever. But oh, no! Here’s a sample of relevant articles that suggest otherwise:
Our Watch CEO: Keeping women safe is crucial ahead of next week (1 November 2019), Families not the winners on Cup day, and Melbourne Cup alcohol and domestic violence
Take a look at ‘Today, as many celebrate, Australia becomes a more dangerous place for women and children‘ (5 November 2019) for the unconvincing ‘proof’ of alleged jumps in domestic violence.
Then there’s ‘Domestic violence services brace for calls as some men take out their footy finals frustration‘ (20 September 2019) And take a look at Twitter to see how many feminist groups and White Knights are trumpeting this misandrist fable.
But wait, a variation on the theme – people (men, of course) also beat their partners after natural disasters … refer to ‘The Hidden Disaster: Violence in the Aftermath of Natural Disaster‘ (2013). See also ‘NSW, Sydney, QLD bushfire updates: Fury after activist links firefighters to domestic violence‘ (13 November 2019)
And here’s a couple of 2018 World Cup articles (example 1 / example 2)
Searches related to domestic violence spiked during both World Cup semi-finals (14 July 2018)
The Two Englands (12 July 2018)
Manager of Newtown pub fired for ‘joking’ about violence against women (19 July 2018)
Oh, but wait. Now it’s being claimed that climate change is also a trigger for increasing level of domestic violence against women (google search on ‘domestic violence climate change’ for more on this topic)
Climate breakdown ‘is increasing violence against women’ (30 January 2020)
Why climate change fuels violence against women (28 January 2020)
(I will progressively add to this list of papers as & when I find the time)