Increase in Domestic Violence: Please Don't, Hit Me Baby One More Time!

Please Don’t, Hit Me Baby One More Time! As an avid sports fan I have been highly troubled by the recent headlines to plague the NFL in recent months. It seems as if every week a new player is being accused of domestic violence. In the past these accusations have seemingly gone unnoticed as the player gets punished behind the scenes and continues playing the game we love to watch. However, now as the league is taking the horrific issue of domestic violence far more seriously we are starting to see just how prevalent it is in the NFL. While this is a significant step in creating more awareness for the issues of domestic violence, Rex W. Huppke wants people to realize how prevalent domestic violence is not just in the NFL, but everywhere, and specifically the workplace. In his Chicago Tribune article “NFL’s Shift on Domestic Abuse Offers Key Lessons,” Huppke contrasts the high number of women who will be affected by domestic violence to the low number of workplaces that have domestic violence policies in place to illustrate how much more needs to be done to begin to solve the domestic violence problem our country is finally acknowledging. The author reaches out to a widespread audience that includes males and females, all races and classes, and an age group that should include anyone who is old enough to be in a domestic relationship. He is able to reach this audience through the use of a well known and highly read newspaper and the fact the subject of domestic violence is relevant to so many. Throughout the article Huppke presents statistical evidence, quotes from credible and relevant sources, and emotionally evoking word choice all in the effort to spread the awareness of the lack of domestic violence policies in the workforce and what can begin to be done about it. Huppke wastes very little time in establishing logos by presenting key statistics to show how prevalent domestic violence really is and how the workforce in our country has done little to address