When something serious is minimised (like domestic violence perpetrated by a sports star) it suggests that people should ignore or treat diffeently the actions of people because of their professional status. It also begins to invalidate the experience of the ‘victim’. Blaming the girlfriend/wife is the same as relationships in the outside world. Placing the blame on women is symptomatic of larger beliefs when it comes to domestic violence in the community. These focus on implicit understandings about the use of space and how women and men use these differently. The dominance of men in sport is a classic example of this with preference given to men in all male teams while all women are spectators along with other men (especially with AFL and rugby). Anything considered a disruption to a game of all men (such as a girlfriend) is treated with contempt. Not just by a boyfriend but by others who exist outside the world of sport.