Violence.

Violence against women.

With all the magazine stand articles and entertainment tonight shows ranting about the recent incident with singer Rihanna and Chris Brown, it's hard not to think about how far he went and what the real story is. However, when push comes to shove, how far will women go for the name of love? If you don't know the story, apparently Chris Brown hit Rihanna in a domestic dispute between the famous couple. It was on the night of the grammy's. She went to the hospital with visible marks and a black eye. Rihanna cancelled her grammy preformance. Nearly one in three adult women experience at least one physical assault by a partner during adulthood. How common is violence againt women getting? Abused women are twice as likely as non-abused women to have poor health and physical and mental problems, even if the violence happened years before. This needs to stop! My question is this, what posseses Chris Brown to think that this was okay to do? What influences did the media have on this 19 year old man? Is the way that rap artists portray women affecting the way certain people view women? Reffering to them as "ho's" certainly makes them feel like nothing.

-Researchers estimate that between one-million and four-million women suffer nonfatal violence from an intimate partner every year.
-Men who have witnessed their parents domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own wives compared to children of non violent parents.
-More than 50% of batterers also abuse their children or their victim's children.
I feel that adolescent's should be taught how serious this problem is in public schools. Young men and women learn the importance of safe sex in public schools, so why not safe relationships? How many women need to suffer from physical and mental problems before this issue is really addressed? My hope is that this incident with Chris Brown and Rihanna will finally open everyones eyes and learn that this is not normal and can really cause a lot of pain and sorrow.