Domestic violence increases when the England team loses games. Statistics prove that. After the lost final, women have now offered shelter to other women via Twitter.
Domestic violence increases by 38 percent when the UK national team loses a game. The anger over a defeat of one’s own team, coupled with huge amounts of alcohol, leads to attacks against one’s own women and children, according to the statistics of the English “National Center for Domestic Violence” (NCDV).
“If England is beaten, so will England,” read an impressive poster that the organization first published during the 2018 World Cup. And so the frustration among the English on Sunday evening was probably not only great because the team missed the title, but also the fear of feeling the consequences first hand.
A post on Twitter went viral during the game that made the scale clear. “All women in East London who are concerned about domestic violence: drop me a message and we’ll give you an alibi to stay with us after the game. We have limited space, of course, but if other women can provide safe space as well , please do it, “wrote user Kate Flood on the short message service.
“We come, meet you, or get you out of your house. At no point do you have to be alone. If you are afraid or unsure, we will stay with you until you are sure,” she continued. Flood’s tweet was just the beginning.
A lot of encouragement and offers to women
Within a short time, responses from other women who offered possible victims shelter and security gathered under the post. They shared their location and opened their mailboxes for inquiries. “This is an unbelievable offer for women and children of women all over England tonight. Moving, but so terrible that it is necessary. Domestic violence after the game is very real,” replied one user.
Kate Flood’s original tweet was shared more than 10,000 and hearted more than 20,000 times.
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