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It is unacceptable that Domestic Violence increases when England play football

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whathasitgottodowiththepriceofoliveoil · 14/07/2024 15:06

This article from the independent makes sobering reading. Whether the England team Win or Lose the studies quoted in the article show domestic violence increases when they play a major match.

Independent Article

What can we do as a society to help stop this?

Take care everyone

The dark truth behind England football and the ‘high stakes’ on and off the pitch

England till I die. For some, it’s not just a football phrase, it’s the cold, hard truth. Sonia Twigg reveals how football can be a catalyst for domestic abuse

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/england-football-domestic-abuse-survivor-b2578241.html

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Somethingsnappy · 15/07/2024 09:15

JenniferBooth · 14/07/2024 19:38

Nope Too busy actually having great fulfilling and respectful sex to be glued to social media constantly so i guess i missed this one

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Touche! Well said.

Funkyslippers · 15/07/2024 09:21

Putthatonyourplate · 15/07/2024 08:44

Can I just point out that it’s not always men !

my son came to watch the game last night with his partner. We have a big screen and a pre match bbq.

DH DS and me aren’t really into football but watch games like last night, DS partner comes from a football loving family but like us only watch the big games.

so bbq and wine, and maybe more wine than was sensible with the game, none of them drunk but happy. I don’t drink. When we scored she decided a celebration gin was needed, my DH joined her but DS working today so said no. I think it was that gin that pushed her over the edge. We lost, she was not happy, we all tried to ease the sourness that was now the evening, cleared up and went to bed, they were sleeping over.

an hour later we woke up to her slamming out the house, my DS came in the room, nose dripping blood, black eye. DH ran down the road to find her because I was worried a 25 girl at that time. I ended up driving her back to her parents.

Oh my goodness. I hope she's an ex girlfriend now

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe · 15/07/2024 09:40

Funkyslippers · 15/07/2024 08:18

I'd never heard the term either

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I hadn't either, I find the 'under a rock' comments so trite. Not all of us are exposed to the same things. It's not a failing.

NPET · 21/10/2024 12:04

I would suggest it's ALCOHOL that's the problem.
And the government - of either colour - will always make so much money from sales of it that it will never change.

MaidOfAle · 22/10/2024 22:15

NPET · 21/10/2024 12:04

I would suggest it's ALCOHOL that's the problem.
And the government - of either colour - will always make so much money from sales of it that it will never change.

I would suggest that it's overwhelmingly men that are the problem. It's rare for women to beat their partners, drunk or otherwise.

username1589 · 22/10/2024 22:20

It's not football, it's booze. Early matches mean that abusers are drinking all day. They've found that later matches lead to fewer crimes.

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