And by ladies, of course, I mean the wives and girlfriends of professional football players, who are enjoying watching their men beat other men for a change. OK. That was a cheap shot. Even though abusive footballs players have been dominating the news lately, they probably don't dominate the field. I think we all hope the majority of NFL players treat their partners with dignity and respect, and exert their physical dominance only on their professional opponents. We hope. But what do we really know about intimate partner abuse? Did we know this? "The more than 11,766 corpses from domestic-violence homicides between 9/11 and 2012 exceed the number of deaths of victims on that day and all American soldiers killed in the 'war on terror.'" Rebecca Solnit That's just in America. That's just men killing women. And that's just women with whom men have had an intimate relationship. Please don't even get me started on what goes on off our h