While indecent broadcasters should not allow inappropriate programming for children especially when their standards do not reflect the majority of American families, Super Bowl ads and entertainment should be reviewed by the FCC. In addition, are we sacrificing our daughters to rape during the Super Bowl frenzy, or are we just in denial from it's surrounding lawlessness? While the celebrated Super Bowl game is related to numerous activities, family fun, sportsmanship, and male aggression -- families and police should carefully watch over our females and children for violations. And remember -- Nancy Grace's conversation with another reporter who felt dog fighting crimes were worst than rape.  This mind set of a few shouldn't influence us -- just because unreported rape is already over 79% across the country. Nancy Grace reports - Some expert legal opinion being rendered is that of a CNN sports journalist. All that immersion in the macho sports culture, it clearly does things to a man’s values. (I’m being extremely charitable here, and assuming that Larry Smith had any to start with.) SMITH: Yes, well, that’s — he’s been in a lot of trouble lately, when you think about all the other incidents, and this is just the worst one of all. Keep in mind, too, that while Kobe Bryant is a situation we can sort of compare this to, this really is much worse. Not only can you argue that the crimes are much worse in terms of, you know, killing dogs and that kind of thing, but as an NFL starting quarterback, you are the most visible face in that city. I’ve said all along, in fact, you know, if you go through and, you know, very quickly name 10 mayors of major cities in the country… GRACE: Larry Smith, did I just hear you say… SMITH: … you could have a harder time doing that… GRACE: … mistreatment of… SMITH: … than naming 10 NFL starting quarterbacks. GRACE: Did I just hear Larry Smith, CNN sports correspondent and anchor, state that crimes on a dog are much worse than crimes on a woman? Did I hear that?  When Nancy Grace calls you out for making outrageous statements, you know you really stepped in it.

UNHEALTHY MALE AGGRESSION Two years ago I wrote a piece analyzing professional football. I argued that this great national sport, which claims the devotion of a significant percentage of our population, mirrors in a ritual way some of the worst characteristics of our culture. In particular, I insisted, it interlinks four qualities that drive the American violence machine: physical brutality, profit-maximizing commercialism, an authoritarian-military mentality and sexism. (Of course, I was focusing on the destructive elements of professional football, not condemning sport in general.) After two years’ reflection, I would make only one important change in my earlier perspective. I have come to the conclusion that the fundamental evil from which the others flow is sexism. The basic way by which the male in our culture establishes his sexual identity is a prime source of exaggerated aggression in the interpersonal, economic and political realms. The problem can be put thus: How are males in our society conditioned to value themselves as persons? What are the criteria of self-worth and social acceptance among American men? Let me explore these questions in the context of major social patterns and institutions. The answers, I am convinced, manifest a close relationship between violence and sexism. The Superbowl Culture of Male Violence

MORE DIFFICULT The last Super Bowl I did watch was probably in the late '80s, and only then because our upstairs neighbors in Chicago invited us to their day-of party. Abby and I went reluctantly, more out of social obligation than any excitement. Basketball is my sport. I played a small forward at Christ the King High School in Lubbock, Texas during the early '70s. So I'm more likely to spend time in front of the TV set during March Madness or the NBA playoffs. To put this piece of writing in perspective, then, I am commenting on the Super Bowl without having seen it. This might sound more difficult than it actually is. Or at least it seems that way to me. Even if you don't watch the Super Bowl, it's still impossible to completely escape if you look at the sports section of the newspaper or read the funnies or watch any TV. From an anthropological perspective, it's hard to consider the Super Bowl as anything other than our national ritual celebrating traditional masculinity. Men Can Stop Rape

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