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Don’t know how you think it’s a “double standard” to not want women and girls to be ABUSED, or why we can’t care abt all of our children doing well in school. Telling comment, all in all…

Even after they saw a photo of Rihanna’s bloodied, bruised face, which had raced across the Internet, they still defended Mr. Brown. “She probably made him mad for him to react like that,” the other ninth grader said. “You know, like, bring it on?”

The girls agreed that Mr. Brown overreacted. According to court documents, the fight last month erupted after Rihanna read a text message to Mr. Brown from another woman. Mr. Brown, the affidavit said, then punched, bit and choked her.

Should he be punished? No, said the girls, whose names were withheld at the request of the school. After all, they said, Rihanna seemed to have reconciled with Mr. Brown.

“So he shouldn’t get into trouble if she doesn’t feel that way,” one girl said. “She probably feels bad that it was her fault, so she took him back.”

Her friend nodded. “I don’t think he’ll hit her like that again,” she said.

On blogs and social networking sites, teenagers are having an e-shouting match about this highly publicized episode — perhaps the first time their generation has been compelled to think aloud about dating violence.

And what may be surprising is the level of support for Mr. Brown. While thousands of teenagers have certainly turned on Mr. Brown, many others — regardless of race or gender — defend him, often at Rihanna’s expense.

In a recent survey of 200 teenagers by the Boston Public Health Commission, 46 percent said Rihanna was responsible for what happened; 52 percent said both bore responsibility, despite knowing that Rihanna’s injuries required hospital treatment. On a Facebook discussion, one girl wrote, “she probly ran into a door and was too embarrassed so blamed it on chris.”

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YES – the Broken Wing song is another great song by McBride. She has really stepped up to the plate on this issue, thank heavens. There simply cannot be enough strong women speaking out on this issue.

It IS horrible that so many young people think Rihanna was just as culpable for being hit. It is a sad, and disturbing, commentary on our society.

THANK YOU for bringing up the issue of rape as instrument of war in Africa. It is a TRAGIC story, how these women and girls are treated. Yet, so many of them have an intestinal fortitude that is astonishing – working to end the torture they endure, while forgiving those who have so wronged them so horribly…

Great comments, friends. Thank you.

CK this out by Tex Ritter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkP8qB6Xd_0

Thanks for remembering the little girls that need so much encouragement amongst the constant media barrage that seems to be accepting of domestic violence. You ROK Reverend Amy!