I have gotten a few requests to give my opinion on the Chris Brown/Rihanna situation, but have refused to do so because nobody knows what happened inside the Lambo on February 8th but Christopher,Robyn, and the LAPD. What I will do is use the remainder of the week to discuss the different variables that come into play with domestic abuse.
Just a quick rundown of the facts:
- Approximately 5.3 million women are physically assaulted by an intimate partner each year in the United States.
- Every 9 seconds a woman is battered.
- 50% of women that are murdered each year are killed by an acquaintance or spouse.
- Between 25-30% of adolescent relationships are abusive.
A woman's worth is self-determined and is formed by one's own life experiences. There is no amount of wining and dining that can change how a woman feels about herself, hence the term self-esteem. It's not until a person takes an introspective look within themselves that the journey to emotional freedom can begin. This is the reason why you have women who can't stand to be alone and would rather be with any man rather than the right man, simply because they are scared of what they may find out about self once they are alone with themselves.
Self-love is the best love. Once you come to love and cherish every fiber of your being, it will make it that much easier not to fall for someone or stay in relationship that harms you in any way.
.....PART II TOMORROW.
Have you ever taken the time to really get to know yourself? What did you find out?
4 comments:
I followed your tweet here. Great post! I agree that we just don't have the details to really do much with this Chris Brown/Rihanna story yet. I had been thinking that if Chris did really hit Rihanna, was this even the first time or just the first time we're hearing about it?
It is a great opportunity to discuss domestic violence so thank you for shedding light on the subject.
im sorry but i don't care about the fact that chris hit rihanna. let celebrities worry about themselves and focus your attention on the women that were getting the crud beat out of them before a celebrity came along. it's ridiculous that all of a sudden people want to shed a light on domestic violence just because a celebrity got hurt. they are people too. it can happen, just like it's been happening to tons of women before rihanna and no one cared.
@affrodite: Thanks for checking out the site! I agree that this is a valuable opportunity to grab the attention of the generations who are into gossip/celebrity news and shift their attention to reality.
@Emeritus: I think that the event was unfortunate, but there are so many young people who otherwise could care less about the facts of domestic abuse. This is an invaluable opportunity to shift the focus of the masses to the facts of real life. It may just take a familiar face/celebrity to be the spokesperson for abuse in order for Americans and youth as a whole to wake up and pay attention. Hence the reason for me not gossiping about the situation, but educating those who visit the site.
women are indeed the earth
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