Say it isn’t so!
Although I’d heard some talk about teenage girls defending Chris Brown, I didn’t pay much attention until I read Jan Hoffman’s article in the NY Times last Friday (Teenage Girls Stand By Their Man).
Here are some of the most disturbing quotes I read:
“She probably made him mad for him to react like that,” the other ninth grader said. “You know, like, bring it on?”
“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.”
“During a presentation about dating violence to ninth graders at Hostos-Lincoln Academy this week, one girl said, “If they hit you, smack them back. Both my parents say that to me.”
“Yeah, men hit women, and women hit men. It was blown out of proportion because they’re celebrities.”
Really? This is what girls are saying?
Somebody help me. This, I cannot understand.
photo credit: joeltelling
Pathetic. A part of me cannot believe they are saying this, but then a bigger part knew some people would.
We need to tell our daughters how unacceptable it is to EVER be hit by a man, or they will become desensitized by the media and “peer talk”.
Wow, that is shocking! Actually, it’s not so much shocking as it is sad. For there to be so much domestic violence and abuse going on, reported and unreported, clearly people have the kind of mentality that these teens report. Yuck.
Where is the outrage over this? It makes me sick. I read an interesting article or post that pointed out… that Michael Phelps lost endorsement deals b/c he smoked pot and meanwhile, chris brown almost MURDERED his girlfriend and it’s like no big thang. makes me sick.
And what is SHE thinking? Sigh…
crazy. What is wrong with people??
(BTW, my Bloglines reader for some reason hasn’t been updating me with new posts from you so I have not been here for a while. sorry. I am catching up!)
that’s scary and so sad! i’ve got a 3 y.o. daughter, and i don’t know what i would do if this was her perception of how men should treat women.
we have started daddy/daughter dates w/ her which we plan on continuing until she meets her future husband so that she knows how a man should treat her.