Abuse

Yesterday a picture of the singer Rihanna was released. She was alleged beat up by her boyfriend, also a singer, Chris Brown a couple weeks ago. Now I have to say when the story was released I didn't expect it to be as bad as it seems to be by looking at the pictures. We all know how the media exaggerates. Of course any abuse is bad, I just didn't physically expect her to look like she does in these pictures at all. It seems the media, tabloid and just the general media, have taken this Rihanna and Chris Brow story and have been running with it. It is par for course for the media, but the whole situation has me feeling so sorry for Rihanna. Of course we do not know the whole story at all, although the picture is pretty damning, but the media has been having a total field day. This outlet reports this, that outlet reports that, Rihanna is staying here, Chris Brown has said this.
Whatever Rihanna endured is bad enough without having it splashed across every newspaper, magazine and television. I am going to venture a guess that the abuse in that relationship has been this bad for a while or has been building to this point. Anyone who is involved in any type of abusive relationship whether it be mental or physical already has a huge toll taken on their being. Being abused in any way shape or form is degrading, it makes you feel like you are less of a person, you let another person control you, whatever you previously thought about yourselves is wiped out, you feel you have nothing, that you are nothing, and even worse you wonder how you could have let yourself be taken down to such a low level. Smart people are abused, poor people are abused, white people are abused, rich people are abused, challenged people are abused, black people are abused. Abuse sees no color, creed, ethnicity, intelligence level. It is one of the very worst experiences someone can go through. I just feel so badly for Rihanna that she not only has had to endure this but have it displayed for everyone to see, because that is almost as humiliating as the abuse itself.