Should Rihanna Be Held Accountable For Her Violent Past?
The National Coalition For Men just released a statement in light of Rihanna’s public discussion of the domestic violence incident between her and Chris Brown. The coalition thinks that if Chris Brown should be held accountable for assaulting Rihanna, then Rihanna also needs to come clean about her history of violence.
LOS ANGELES/EWORLDWIRE/Nov. 5, 2009 — Pop singer Rihanna recently made a widely publicized statement to Glamour Magazine that she wants to “shed light on the reality of domestic violence.” The National Coalition For Men (NCFM) calls on Rihanna to discuss her own reported violence against Brown as well if she wants to shed light on the problem honestly.
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.
The saying, “There is no excuse for domestic violence,” applies to both sexes. Female violence in relationships is not rare but is often hypocritically deemed acceptable or humorous, such as in the film, Sideways. It is part of the cycle of domestic violence, which cannot be stopped without addressing the problem honestly. Children are damaged just by witnessing domestic violence, regardless of its severity.
A 32-nation study by the University of New Hampshire found women are as violent and as controlling as men in relationships worldwide (’http://www.unh.edu/news/cj_nr/2006/may/em_060519male.cfm?type=n’,
‘http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/ID41E2.pdf’).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.
If Rihanna sincerely wants to raise awareness about domestic violence, NCFM calls on her to be forthcoming about her own violence and to address the problem honestly.
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22andlovingit111-12-2009 11:29 pm
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Yes she absolutly should , if 2cntributed to the crime then 2 should getin troube.ifit were a robery and 2 were involved do u think the cops gon lock up 1 and leave the othr 1 behind NO!!. SOyes she needs to coe in t open and dont get me wrong no man should hit a women bt wmen also prey on the jealous attitude they see there man developing. SO feel yes she could have provoked itshe said on he interivew there was a text message and she wouls not drop it casue he lied about the grl being his ex .Ok that should tell you right there he had no intentions on continuing the problem coming about but she kapt going. THere for they both got heated she tested him becasue she knows a guy should never hit a girl and she got thereaction se wantedshe figures if she can have him why not distroy his career . So sheis defentily not being women enough right now and i honelty think se never will sh likes playing victim ans besides that shes promoing her album. this a dam shame. i tell you one thing america iave a son let that wouldof been my son and i no rihana from coming over the house and everything . if i sen aything the wrld ould have known casue shewould not throw myson under the bus expecilly if he apoligized ,taking classes and counsleing please. I bet you thins the world would know les abut my relationship and more about rihanna ’s past relationships . thats why my son needs to stay 1 becasue i wish he would hit a girl and i really , really wish a girl would take my sons apoligie and throw it away and rub his name in the dir t. all i can say america is you ca tell Chris Brown mother not hood .
SXYREDDBONE4U
It was an altercation between those two no one knows what really happened but the two of them and God bit I think some things just didn’t come out and it happened back in Feb.09 so why are people still talking about it I mean we know why shes talking about it shes trying to promote her new album but I don’t believe for one minute that she is a saint.
trisha_369
I want to CLEAR the AIR on MY COMMENTS-even thou this topic is SPEAKING of Rihanna and Chris…IM NOT just SPEAKING of Chris when I say MEN died at the HANDS of a WOMAN-just LIKE women DO. I am HOWEVER saying that SOME WOMEN do the SAME thing to a MAN and HE is LOOKED at or TREATED like its OK for HIM to be HIT or BEAT on or even LEAD to BELIEVE that because he is a MAN he SHOULD take the LICKS and WALK AWAY. Thats not ALWAYS the CASE-when MEN do try to LEAVE he at that POINT become the ABUSER and the WOMAN be the VICTIM and EVERYONE fall for the CRY WOLF line of the POOR WOMAN-become another VICTIM…when REALLY SHE IS THE REAL ABUSER. Lets FACE FACTS-men do die at the HANDS of a WOMAN…SO do WOMEN and we all KNOW that FACT-so WHY should WE over LOOK the VIOLENCE in WOMEN? We hear the NEWS MEDIA down the MEN and how they BEAT the WOMAN and YET-WHEN it HAPPEN to a MAN its LIKE its OK and that SHE had the RIGHT to HIT or even KILL him. WHY- because he is a MAN? Thats NOT a GOOD enough REASON for ME! They ALWAYS say in the news MEDIA what if it was your daughter,sister,mother,aunt,gandmother,etc? I say WHAT if it WAS your SON<BROTHER<UNCLEor GRANDFATHER,etc who died trying to do the RIGHT thing and WALK AWAY? Would YOU still THINK or SAY its OK for the WOMAN to WALK away free of CHARGE nor STEP up and SAY YES I DID IT and IM the ABUSER not HIM? I hope NOT! Its NOT FAIR nor is it RIGHT to DOWN the MAN and UPHOLD the WOMAN when SHE is DOING the SAME thing. I will KEEP saying it a MAN is NOT alway STRONGER than a WOMAN…thats JUST what the WORLD want YOU to BELIEVE. Its WOMEN out HERE that CAN pick a MAN up LIKE he IS NOTHING and BEAT his A$$ like she is MIKE TYSON. So PLEASE don’t get this TWISTED as if the MAN is the BIG BAD WOLF and the WOMEN are Little RED ROBIN HOOD. REMEMBER that VIOLENCE is VIOLENCE nomatter WHO’S hand it COME from.