Crisis line unusually busy
the day after Super Bowl
But Womenspace said
there was no increase in
the number of domestic
violence calls on Sunday
By Teri Meeuwsen
Higher Education Reporter
Womenspace experienced a
large number of domestic vio
lence concerns on Monday fol
lowing Super Bowl Sunday.
"Our crisis lines were very
busy, and the Womenspace Do
mestic and Sexual Violence Ad
vocacy Center had so many walk
in clients that we had to call for
additional advocates,” statistical
manager Stephanie Brown said.
But with all the hits, slams and
knock downs in the Super Bowl
game, there was not an unusual
amount of hits in the home on
Sunday, according to Women
space in Eugene.
Womenspace, an organization
that provides shelter and other
services for abused women and
children, reported no increase in
the number of domestic violence
calls on Super Bowl Sunday.
Super Bowl Sunday has been
the center of debate about
whether or not domestic violence
is caused by the game or other
surrounding factors. But that feel
ing is a myth, according to Wom
enspace advocate Tonya Valedez.
“There are not necessarily more
instances of domestic violence
[on Super Bowl Sunday], but I
think people become more aware
that it’s happening,” she said. “It’s
a myth that the game causes do
mestic violence, or the alcohol or
the testosterone does it. People
believe it when it’s really not the
case.”
Finding statistical evidence for
these beliefs is difficult to come
by, Valedez said.
“We can’t really quantify it,”
she said. "We can’t go up to peo
ple’s houses and ask ‘Did you beat
your wife today?’ We just can’t do
that.”
Although the Super Bowl did
n’t seem to change the rate of do
mestic violence calls to Women
space, domestic violence is still a
large concern, Valedez said. At
least 4 million reported incidents
of domestic violence against
women are reported every year in
the United States. Almost 20 per
cent of these are aggravated as
saults in the home.
According to a Womenspace
pamphlet, domestic violence is
defined as emotional, physical,
sexual and economic abuse.
Every 15 seconds in the United
States a women is battered by her
husband, boyfriend or live-in
partner, and domestic violence
crosses all economic, cultural,
racial and religious lines.
Womenspace receives many
types of domestic violence calls,
one crisis-line worker said.
"They vary so much,” she said.
“We get calls from grandparents
because they know their grand
kids are getting hurt, or there are
people who know others are be
ing abused or the abuser is there
with them.”
When a person calls the crisis
line, there are a number of things
the crisis line operator tells them,
Valedez said.
“The most important thing we
do is make them aware that it’s
not their fault,” she said. “But we
never tell them what to do. We
give suggestions for the individ
ual situation. If it’s happening
right then and the abuser is there
with them, we tell them to leave
and cal 1 the police.”
Educating the public about do
mestic violence is a major con
cern for Womenspace she said.
There are different educational
programs they offer to schools
and in the training of police.
“It’s really important to point
out who’s responsible,” she said.
"There are people who look at it
and ask, ‘Why does someone
think they can do this? Is it OK?’
The real question we should be
asking is ‘Why are we asking?”’
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