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Chris Brown/Rihanna

I don't usually follow celebrity gossip, but I found this article pretty disturbing:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/fashion/19brown.html

Mr. Brown abused his girlfriend, and his fangirls still support him??

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Permalink Reply by Tuesday on June 7, 2012 at 12:35pm

There are some things which are called slapping which are really light and not harmful that happen all the time.  It is possible that she didn't hit him hard enough for it to be considered assault because he wasn't injured.

Permalink Reply by CD on June 7, 2012 at 1:17pm

She didn't hit him at all.  The link to the police report is below.

Permalink Reply by CD on June 7, 2012 at 12:06pm
Permalink Reply by Melanie24 on March 20, 2009 at 10:07am
fan girls are really dumb.
Permalink Reply by inkonpaperhero on March 20, 2009 at 10:42am
A little while ago I posted a discussion called "What the Eff do non-nerds think about?"
This is the answer.
I can't believe this is still on the front page of the Ning.

Let's all talk about the personal lives of people we don't know and will never meet! Woo! Has anyone heard about Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer? OMG it is so effed up! I bet Angelina Joe Lee steals him away from her too OMG roflcopter lollerskates!
Permalink Reply by sabelmouse on March 20, 2009 at 10:45am
i don't think this is only about celebrities. i thought it was about attitudes to domestic abuse and violence toward women.
Permalink Reply by inkonpaperhero on March 20, 2009 at 10:51am
The title of the thread is Chris Brown/Rihanna.
I found it pretty self explanatory.
As far as domestic abuse and violence towards women, find someone that's pro domestic abuse and we can have a conversation. Obviously if a woman hits a man and instigates a fight, his actions will be self defense unless the violence is extreme. Unless, of course, you are relying on gender roles, in which case you're living in the past. I've personally seen a case thrown out of court which at first would appear to be domestic abuse but in reality, when gender roles were peeled away, was self defense.
Permalink Reply by 0mnipotent0verlord on March 20, 2009 at 10:57am
Well, she started it!

You know what? Even if she hit him first, she obviously didn't beat him. This has nothing to do with gender roles.
Permalink Reply by Matt on March 20, 2009 at 11:07am
No, it has to do with the law. One of which being that you can not physically harm another human being. She broke that law and he defended himself. He did however go beyond defending himself and that's where he broke the law. The point is, Chris Brown is not completely to blame for the situation. He's actually a little less to blame, because without the initial contact there would have been no reason for him to defend himself, which points to him not going beyond self-defense and into assault.

The case has nothing to do with gender roles, but the way in which the majority of people see this, including feminist, has quite a bit to do with gender roles.
Permalink Reply by sabelmouse on March 20, 2009 at 11:12am
are you seriously saying that women and men are treated equally. where are all those convicted rapists then.
Permalink Reply by Matt on March 20, 2009 at 11:20am
I'm saying that's what is being strived for, so why take steps back when it affects women in a negative way instead of a positive way?
Permalink Reply by sabelmouse on March 20, 2009 at 11:38am

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