Okay, so I know that we are all tired of hearing about the incident between R&B singers Chris Brown and Rihanna. But recently I ran across an article in The New York Times titled, "Teenage Girls Stand by Their Man." It included the thoughts of high school girls as they commented on the Chris/RiRi situation and also the results of a survey of 200 teens conducted by the Boston Public Health Commission. The survey reported that 46 percent of teenagers said Rihanna was responsible for what happened. And 52 percent said that both bore responsibility, even knowing that Rihanna's injuries required hospital treatment.
Really?
And this was no fair fight. Chris Brown had not a scratch or a bruise and was seen later chilling at Diddy's house having some water-time fun. Unremorseful much?
Honestly I cannot say I was surprised by their reactions. Teenagers often have a slightly warped view on certain things. The article did, though, bring about quite a few questions. If these girls have this cavalier, "stand-by-your-man-no-matter-what" attitude, what are their mothers teaching (or not teaching) them about domestic violence? How many of them have experienced this in their own "relationships"? Do they really feel this way, or are they only supporting Chris Brown because he is their favorite singer?
This is a crazy situation with real people who have issues that need to be addressed. It is true that the media has taken some of its coverage out of proportion because, as one of the girls in the article said, this type of stuff happens every day. But someone--and not Oprah or Tyra!!--needs to make it known that this is just not okay.
Here's the link to the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/fashion/19brown.html.
What do you think?
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The star quality of today's entertainers tends to blind our young bloodlines. This generation of ours, it needs an unforgiving reality check...NO woman EVER deserves to be beaten, and NOTHING can ever put a man in the right for such bestial actions. Nothing.
ReplyDeleteThe reaction those young girls had to Chris Brown's actions were frightening and disheartening. As a teenager, I never felt it was okay to hit ANYBODY, so to hear so many young girls are okay with a guy hitting a girl is a surprise to me. I've always been surrounded by strong women who wouldn't let anyone take advantage of them so it could be that I'm from a different generation or background but that seems like something most mothers would talk to their daughters about.
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