With the ordeal of Rihanna and Chris Brown, the problem isn't whether she deserved it or not. It's the fact that putting your hands on anyone in that matter is an act of domestic voilence. What kind of message is this sending to young people? That it's okay if a man hits you? The message is a dangerous one. Rihanna forgave brown not even a month after the incident! I'm sure kids have heard this news and when Rihanna and Chris Brown appear on the Kids Choice Awards at the end of March...Rihanna is showing kids that this kind of behavoir is okay.
In health class i'm learning about abusive relationships. The question everyone asks is "why don't you just leave?" The fact is it's easier said then done. The woman believes that he'll change, or he doesn't mean to or even that she loves him no matter what he does. The truth behind this is fear. What would he do if she left him? I watched something like this on a 20/20 episode. The girl allowed her husband to first control her. The control turned into little physical actions such as pushing. Since she allowed him to do that, he felt he had complete control and was able to physically and mentally abuse her. What would you do in this situation?
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Skip town, start anew. Thats what superman did. Cept he skipped the planet.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. I think that hitting women is wrong but i do get mad at the fact that she forgave Chris for beating on he and that she allows it because all they talk about is Brown being the attcker but the media doesn't talk about how she is forgiving i think that shows a worse influence for other women out there. But, in any case it's bad to hit women but, as women we got to know that we can't allow it eaither because then we are choosing to be victims and not trying to get help.
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I agree with you and Keyla, but at the same time, she is choosing to stay with him. Even though it might be hard for her to get out of the relationship, its her choice to stay in it. Im sure that she would leave if things really got that bad. So technically we cant get mad at something that isnt our problem, because its her choice to stay. She just needs to learn how to get help and take that chance, but who really knows if she wants to or not.
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How much is Rihanna's reaction a matter of her being a product or victim of a hierarachal order that says women are essentially inferior?
ReplyDeleteI agree with your response to this too. I think a lot of people were getting hung up on the fact of who these people are, rather than looking at the central issue. People and the media blew this incident up as a matter of "who" rather than "why". The people involved are obviously big-time celebrities, so everyone seemed to be concerned with who they were. In your response, i think you did a good job of pointing out more about why this happens, and looked at the bigger issue of abuse towards women in general and why the cycle continues.
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