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NFL player Adrian Peterson expressed remorse for injuring his son and maintained he was disciplining him - with a "switch" from a tree - the way he was disciplined as a child. The NFL has decided to suspend Minnesota Viking running back Adrian Peterson without pay. He is eligible for reinstatement in April but also can appeal the league's ruling immediately. Peterson has already been adjudicated and will pay a $4,000 fine and is required to do community service.  All of this is on the heels of the NFL Ray Rice scandal. We will interview therapist Sharon K. Ball who believes the victims of abuse are predominately women -- 86% of the time. The big question is why many of these women refuse to leave an abusive relationship. To some extent, says Ball, control and abuse is ingrained in certain cultures - that women and children are simply property. She refers to this as a power-over strategy used by many men. In families where abuse was present, children come out and practice the same behavior in their family beca