Half of teens polled blame Rihanna for being beat up!

ok first off i want to go on record saying i dont care what the excuse is short of self defense where there is an immediate threat to ones life DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A CRIME!!!!!!!! anyone who says she had it comming or she deserved it is either ignorant or just plain stupid. second, you ask how do we educate people that this kind of behavior is not acceptable? the answer to that is simple we hold the abusers accountable for their actions. wheather it be jail time community service or anger management training the message must be sent that we as a society will not tolerate this kind of behavior......and ladies please if youre the victim of abuse or domestic violence you DO have options speak up and speak out....hiding your abuse only sends the message that its ok for your man to beat you or otherwise abuse you...make a stand and end the abuse.....

I heard about this last night. I think that it is horrible. I think half of the teens are blaming her for this because she was looking in his cellphone. That does not make it okay to put your girlfriend in the hospital. She took him back too, which sends out a bad message.

I am shocked at these girls. It is never okay for anyone to hit anyone, and no woman, no matter what, deserves to be treated that way. I want to know who these girls are, and ask them if any of them have ever been in an abusive relationship? Chris Brown had no right to hit Rihanna and it was not her fault for being abused. What I will blame Rihanna for is going back to him after he did this to her, she should have stayed away from him after he did this to her. It is her fault for staying with him. Rule 1 of abuse: Never stay with the abuser! The minute he hits you, that gives you the right to leave. Rule 2 of abuse: IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT! Women, no matter what your status, profession, situation, or anything of that matter, no man has the right to hit you. This goes for women as well, women you do not strike a man unless it is in self-defense. If a man hits you, you can hit back, it is called self-dense. These women who say that it is Rihanna's fault need a reality check. People are not perfect, and men can and will abuse a woman no matter what the situation. Abuse does not discriminate and anyone can be a victim of it. Just about every woman in my family has been physically, emotionally, verbally, or mentally abused. I was a abused, verbally, emotionally, and mentally. I was a child and a teenager when my step-father used to verbally and emotionally abuse me. Did I ask for that? No! So, should he have called me horrible names? Never. Abuse, no matter what it's form, is not okay.

While I don't believe it was her fault...I do think she made a poor choice in standing by him. By doing that she is sending the message that it is ok for men to hit women. Since kids look up to her...that's a really bad message to send. I really think she needs some therapy as well. [b]**AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~[/b]

Hi, moonlitmagikchild. These teens don't know what they are talking about. Even if Rihanna played a part in provoking Chris, it still is not right to place the blame completely on her for being beat up by Chris Brown! It was not all her fault!

Last summer, I worked at a shelter for women, who were or had been victims of abuse. And one thing that I've learned is that it's generally not these women' fault, if they're beaten up by boyfriends, family members, and such. It's really sad, when this type of situation happens, whether the victim is a man or a woman. But the fact that almost half blamed Rihanna does show how little some of these teens know.

That is absolutely pathetic!!! I can't believe the kind of things that teenagers are learning. Where the hell are they learning them? Who teaches teens that a woman can be blamed for being abused?

It's actually pretty common for people, sometimes even the victim's own relatives, to think that she did something to deserve it. That's what the man tells her too. And it's one of the many complicated reasons that women end up staying too long with such a man, because they are convinced that if they just try harder to "be good" then it will all be wonderful. It's very sad.

No one in her right mind is willing to be beat up physically. When you beat that person she is already emotionally scarred. Violence is something that has to be avoided at all cost. Violence is never right and I don't understand why half of the teen blame Rihanna for being beaten up. Is that the new face of today's youth? Sad and very alarming indeed.

Wow i did not expect that. I kinda blame him truthfully. I mean their young and on top of the world i'm sure their reactions are rediculous and i think he should pay for it. I mean seriously she could be the biggest Bit** in the world and women still don't deserve to be hit. Let alone beat up pretty bad.

that is shocking, i think they blame her cus the story is that she looked at his phone and hit him. Thats dum it her lil hit hurt him then he is a girl. I think its dum that ppl think they know what happed only them two know what happed i don't even think the cops got all of the story. like for realy ppl blam her for picking up the phone like how do u know he didn't tell her to do something with it like check some thing and he for got (if he was cheating) that who ever text him. Ppl need to quit acting like they don't go throw there bf phone trying to make it like she is the only plezzzz.

I personally think that it's not okay that she gotten beaten; I've known woman who they get into physical battle with their husbands or boyfriends, and to them they think it's fine. I think that half those girls may really think that way and the other half might have even liked her so they don't care and others just really like Chris and just putting the blame on her. I think if we want to educate people about this then we need to teach them the signs of emotional abuse first , because that's where it all begins once people understand the signs of emotional abuse and realize that that's not okay then we can probably prevent people thinking it's okay to be hit. I think we as a society wait till something major to happen in order for us to be outrage.

Well, those teens are really ignorant in nature, and I truly won't agree with them. People in relationship should respect each other, not to use abusive force to hurt each other. SO, it is not okay to use fist to hit your love one.

It's NEVER ok to beat a partner! What are these kids thinking?!

I think this is so so sad. I will advise all parents especially of girls to tell there child that Rihanna made a huge mistake by getting back with the guy that abused her. The is really really sad and that it is not Rihanna's fault that Chris hit her regardless of what ever the altercation was about. Rihanna is not the blame for Chris hitting her but she is the blame for walking back into his life now if she get's hit I feel that it is her fault for going back to someone that would put there hands on her in the first place. Some of our youth is so screwed up including Rihanna for being with a woman beater and Chris is screwed up to for being that woman beater........Great Day!

A lot of people who grow up in abusive surroundings would think that it is okay for someone to beat his or her partner. Blaming the victim of domestic violence for what happened is an age old thing. Even in this supposedly modern society, a lot of people think that way. It is really very sad to hear that even the young generation have not learned that domestic violence is a no-no.

that is ridiculous that many teens believe that rihanna is to blame for that trouble or wrong done to her. i could not believe my eyes reading this. it is like teens have gone numb already. don't they know who to blame. or are they blaming rihanna for sticking with that guy, though they should have the right to blame rihanna for sticking for that guy. but still we should blame the man who did this. sometimes i don't know if there are still people who believe the right things. or sometimes i think if what i believe is the right one cause most people seems to differ from this belief that the man should be blamed for this.

This is a pretty scary statement. To think that teens would think hitting and or abusing someone is ok to start with scares me. Then to add on that they think that she probably deserved it also scares me. Of course, by Rhianna going back with Brown, she must in some way believe that she deserved it as well. How bad of an example is that for all the teens watching this all happen. I just don't understand how this kind of thinking still can exist.

NO man or woman deserves to be abused in any form its the lowest thing in life...And are we sure this isnt the first time he's even hit her once an abuser always an abuser

I think that'a terrible there back togetherrr. I lost a lot of respect for her