Domestic violence is an issue that millions of women around the world face at least once in their life. Rihanna and Chris Brown have become the poster couple for domestic violence. Chris has been seen as the villain in all this. Which is understandable, since he is the man and much larger. However, Rihanna herself has admitted in the past to initiating violence between her and Chris. However, she has not mentioned it as of late. The National Coalition For Men (NCFM) calls on Rihanna to discuss her own reported violence against Brown as well. Anything is possible I suppose. Ofcourse that does not mean that Chris had to react so violently. There is such a thing as walking away or leaving the person. I was always taught, if you do not want to get hit then you don’t hit yourself. I’m just saying. I do not want any ass whoopings so I am not giving them out. I want everyone to keep their hands to themselves. It makes for a violence free relationship.
Via YBF:
According to court records and other sources, Rihanna struck Brown in the face “numerous times” before Brown assaulted her (’http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/768865/rihanna-hit-chris-brow…’). NCFM purports although that would not justify his more severe assault, her violence should not be ignored, and if she does not “woman up” to it then her message will be the usual one-sided double standards that leave female perpetration covered up.
A major study funded by the Centers for Disease Control found one-fourth of heterosexual relationships had violence and: “half (49.7%) of those were reciprocally violent. In nonreciprocally violent relationships, women were the perpetrators in more than 70% of the cases.” (’http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/97/5/941′) The same study also found “while injury was more likely when violence was perpetrated by men, in relationships with reciprocal violence it was the men who were injured more often (25% of the time) than were women (20% of the time).” (’http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/42/15/31-a’). Over 200 studies now confirm the same thing, that “women are as physically aggressive, or more aggressive, than men in their relationships with their spouses or male partners,” as California State University Professor Martin Fiebert shows in his online bibliography at ‘http://www.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm’. This data is more reliable than criminal justice data because men are less likely to report the violence or to respond positively to crime surveys because society still does not consider female violence as much of a crime.
I am going to say this about the Rihanna and Chris Brown situation and then I am going to leave it alone. I watched the first part interview with her and Diane Sawyer and I want to play devils advocate. I do blame Chris Brown for not controlling his emotions and his hands for that matter, however, as I listen to Rihanna tell the story it seems like she is missing parts. It is as if she is not revealing all of the details that led up to the incident. Is she still protecting him or what? I want to know what EXACTLY led up to the very first blow from him. I am in no way condoning his actions but I feel as if she still is not revealing EVERYTHING that led up to the assault. If you are going to tell the story then reveal BOTH of their actions. I want ALL of the details. Perhaps we will never know.
