When you think domestic violence, most of us picture some dude who drinks a 12-pack of Keystone Light on a daily basis and his waitress wife tangling in the trailer park. Not two darling, heretofore squeaky-clean young pop stars on top of the world. Amid all the new reports emerging about Rihanna and Chris Brown, we did some digging and found statistics that prove teen domestic violence is way more common than you might think.
According to U.S. Department of Justice figures,"Females ages 16-24 are more vulnerable to intimate partner violence than any other age group – at a rate almost triple the national average," and about about one in three high school students have been or will be involved in an abusive relationship.
And a recent study published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine found that "44.7 percent of participants experienced relationship violence before or during college, including 42.1 percent who were victims of such violence and 17.1 percent of participants who reported perpetrating violence." Yowch. What the hell is going on out there?
For a first-person look at what it's like to be with an abusive guy, check out this account by a Lemondrop blogger.
For information on the red flags of abusive relationships, check out this Momlogic post on RiRi and Chris, which aptly points out that Brown has a history of abuse in his family.
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Tuesday 17 February
By girly777
everyone is the same we have anger chris and rihanna is just normal ppl damn they have anger she beats him and he got sick of it the bitch gave him herpes and he beat the shit out of her good for him she deserved it i would have did the same
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Wednesday 18 February
By demillicent
You don't know whether she gave him herpes or not. In fact you don't know if either of them have herpes. No one has a right to beat another up. You seem like someone who would be quite comfortable getting you but whooped on a daily basis. Your language tells the whole story. You're someone's B**ch obviously and have gotten you butt kicked on general principles.
Wednesday 18 February
By cs
Thank you lemondrop for not shying away from a serious topic, the most incidious thing about domestic violence is that people don't want to talk about it. No wait, the WORST thing is that some people still think it's ok. I don't know the whole story, but it's not ok to hit your significant other when you're mad, man or woman. I don't care why. Herpes or not; yell, break up, break a lamp or something if you really must, but c'mon, no hitting people. I doubt my little PSA is going to change girly777's mind (obviously not a girl btw), but really, condoning domestic violence? It saddens me that human rights are still being grossly violated in the U.S. among even our most famous, wealthy and successful, and that people actually support these criminal acts... for any reason. This, people, is what is wrong with the U.S., not the economy, but the fact that we can't even leave behind the caveman stupidity of physically harming someone when we don't like something. You've got to be pretty sick to say that anyone deserves being smacked around by their significant other. Have we really reached this level of selfishness and entitlement?
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Thursday 19 February
By JENNA
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR WHAT HE DID PERIOD !
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