you know they aren't non abusers who watch sports and then become abusive right. It's the already domestically violent aggravated by their hobby not going the way they wanted if they had a different hobby they would be just as abusive but at different time periods

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

Its almost as if sports in the US are tied up with toxic masculinity and patriarchy, and thats the heart of the issue some people have with them.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

I should have said that sports correlates with a spike in DV and not causes it. However, just as I can't say for certain that sports events directly causes DV, I don't think it's correct to say that there's no link between sports and DV and that the same net amount of abuse would result even if sporting events are removed from the equation.

Anecdotally, I used to volunteer with a charity that helped out young people who were in trouble, including DV. Major sporting events were always times where they tried to get all hands on deck because there was always a surge in calls compared to just about every other time of year except Christmas.

Obviously alcohol is a huge factor too, but sporting culture in the Angloshere is also incredibly entwined with drinking culture so its hard to separate those factors.