Misogynistic Crimes

In the true story based movie and the documentary, the dangers of head injuries in football are laid out for the viewer. Dr. Bennet Omalu discovered the brain injury chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE; however, the NFL was in denial about the effects football had on the brain and had on causing CTE. I believe that the NFL’s denial to the accusations were detrimental to many football players and that serious consideration should be taken into the way football is played overall.

Mythology in League of Denial “gives an in depth analysis on why and how come the NFL

During spring break one of the captain of the lacrosse team decided to throw a party and have two strippers there. One which was Crystal Mangum who has a mental problem and did not feel like preforming due to maybe the combination of alcohol and drugs. The party turned ugly and some people left and Kim Roberts the second dancer called the police to come and take her home or somewhere for help. The nurse asked if she was rape and the answer was yes for Crystal that knew the system well. The group of 88 of Duke facility had unequivocally asserted that something had happened to Crystal. This quickly turned into a racial motivated crime led by Mike Nifong. The lacrosse coach was forced to resign and the remained season had to be canceled due to the accusations.

In “Crime and Punishment: The saga of Richie Parker” published in Sports Illustrated, Gary Smith helps to explain just how many people are affected by a single sexual assault case. He does this in a very unique style by giving 12 sections explaining the incident from different points of view and the effects of a single crime. One person affected was Jill Agostino, the sports copy editor for Newsday. Her unnamed colleague had given her a copy of an article he was writing on Richie Parker and called asking if she liked it. Little did he know, stories like his were keeping her up at night, reminding her of the time she was raped nine years earlier. Agostino was enraged because people were sticking up for Parker, saying things like, “boys will

Institutional violence goes beyond violence towards women, however, a majority of the institutionalized violence happens towards women. Media, sports culture and pornography all multi-billion dollar industries have the potential to lead individuals to commit violence acts towards women. The media with regards to advertisements and commercials, present women in an objectifying manner and sometimes contain words that may hint at sexual mindset. Athletes are taught to be tough, however that mindset does not always stay on the field. Some athletes that have the potential to continue professionally attract a lot of attention from fellow classmates and fans all around the country. With their fame they believe they are invincible resulting them

College athletes sometimes have criminal records, but the NCAA doesn’t check them. Viliseni Fauonuku, a college athlete was one of his coach’s favorite players, but he had been arrested for two felony accounts for robbery. Yet Viliseni was offered multiple scholarships by the universities, despite his violent background. In great contrast, normal students have to go through rigorous background checks to get scholarships. This encourages athletes to break the law. Jason Douglas, a player for the Pugs, was driving under influence. He pleaded not guilty, and “Hey I play for Pug football...please don’t arrest me” (“College Football and Crime”, T. Bonus, si.com). Douglas was hoping that the authorities would let him go scot free since he played for the Pugs, but they still arrested him, and let him off lightly. This is definitely wrong, but also dangerous. With athletes committing crimes and authorities letting them off lightly, universities are not as safe as they could

The National Anthem goes on every single time before a game begins. Each time it is being sung everyone usually stands up to show respect for America. While, news said that a few athletic players that have been sitting down, while the National Anthem goes on. This keeps happening more and more slowly because those athletics don’t believe that America lives up to that potential in the song as it once represented. As well as the incidents that happened with the police of excessive force being used against people unassertively. But not a lot of people knew about this until, social media came into play with our society.

Concussions which is a blow to the head causing brain trauma that can last several weeks and other injuries that has just as high risks like a concussion. September 26, 1928, a football league was created for professional football players called the NFL. The start of the league has always been at high probability for its injuries. In order to continue to play the game that countless people fell in love with, the NFL has to take serious safety precautions such as helmets and pads. NFL's necessity rules, such as unnecessary kids being penalized, are being utilized to reduce life alternate injuries and provide a better experience for the players and the fans.

Generally people think that the NFL should adjust the game, and its rules to increase player safety, statistics clearly show that too much adjusting has been done and the NFL is suffering because of it. Too many rules have been changed for player safety and the current changes being discussed, like getting rid of the kickoff, are going to far and the game is not like it was. Players sign contracts and are aware of the risks they put themselves at when playing the game of football at a professional level. Referees are throwing more flags and the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, is handing out a record high of fines. These adjustments by the National Football League are going too far and some rule changes need to be reverted back to their previous rules.

E. Does the NFL have a code of ethics or whistleblowing protection in place for the reporting of such unethical behavior? If yes, why did these measures not prevent the problem? If no, could these measures have prevented the problem? (8 points)

McCann says “from a legal perspective, are many questions on how the NFL handled the controversy.” (Leadbeater 1). Some of the questions arise because of how the NFL handled the evidence, the lack of evidence they had, and how Brady’s punishment was given out. McCann states “NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has too much power in his position, and that’s part of the reason why the league is in the position it is currently in.” (Leafbeater 2). The NFL Players Association is criticized for putting all the power into Goodell’s hands. Goodell has the power of being the judge and the juror, he decides whether or not players be punished and then he decides how long they are going to be suspended or how much they will be fined. The Players Association is blamed for this because, in their last collective bargaining agreement with league officials, they failed to gain any leverage in the sentencing of their players’ punishments. The NFL is also criticized in the handling of Tom Brady’s punishment due to the amount of time it took them to deal out his suspension. McCann said in his interview “The NBA had the story of Donald Sterling’s racial comments handled in less than 72 hours”. (Leadbeater 2). The NFL has had issues dealing with punishments. For example, the NFL has a history of making larger suspensions in small drug offenses than they do for domestic violence charges. Josh Gordon was suspended for the entire 2015 season, while Greg Hardy was only suspended 4 games even though there were graphic images proving the severity of his crime. McCann also criticizes Goodell for not actually being an attorney, and believes “he does not grasp the consistency of transparency and process” (Leadbeater 2). McCann believes the NFL needs to reevaluate its system of player discipline. For all of the injustice going on for the players of the league at this time, the Players Union will

Misogynist violence is traditional in the island, a conflict in need of immediate attention specifically for jineteras. Crimes of violence against women, particularly rape, sexual assaults are severe against jineteras in Cuba. Discrimination is gender based and it continues to be a conflict for women in the island. Trafficking is common in the island for young and older women, selling, promoting prostitutes to sexual tourism. Snuggling has been known as a major business in Cuba, jineteras are used as sex slaves and sexual tools for certain visitor who travel to the island. Women in Cuba identified as jineteras were not expecting the negative abusive relationships exposure. In its place, they nurture the term associated with jineterismo and

Female Victimization including being a child abuse victim can certainly give reasoning as to why one is an offender when they are older. This then becomes a vicious cycle of violence, being a victim and then later offending another. They say that women are more likely to be reported for offense, but not for rape. When a woman is a victim and reports, she is most likely going to go outside of the law enforcement to seek help.

This article is called Feminism and Crime. The author mentions how “women must be “mad” because they go against their natural biological givens such as ‘passivity’ and a ‘weakness of compliance. . .” (The History Learning Site). When Trueman specifically says this, I disagree with the term he used to describe them because I don’t feel they have necessarily gone mad. Moreover, I think this relates to this week’s material because in feminist criminology female offenders respond to the environment around them. Female offenders may possibly be victimized by others which cause them to break the law. Law enforcement will try their hardest to prevent these incidents of situational crime as asserted by Clarke. Female offenders seem to have a higher

While there is an increase in interest in gender and women studies, many controversies, deficits and gaps are existed in explaining the relationship between perceived gender factors, misogyny in the context of this paper, and women’s political participation through the lenses of comparative political frameworks. It becomes more vivid when discussing and analyzing political effects of gender on women running for offices and especially for the office of commander in chief.