What Chris Brown’s Tattoo Tells Us About Violence Against Women

[XemaSab]

So, Chris Brown got what is quite obviously a tattoo of a woman who has been battered in basically the same way as he battered Rihanna. This isn’t up for dispute, but of course it’s being disputed. As much as I wish I could say I’m surprised, I’m not. This is very typical of how batterers, rapists, and other men on a dominance trip over women tend to act. They want to brag, but they also don’t want to be caught out openly advocating for violence against women. So they test boundaries, see how much they can get away with. They tell their stories, but tweak the details, claiming there was consent when there wasn’t or that it was murkier than it was. They talk about getting one over on the bitch, but they don’t use the word “rape”. As we saw on this blog recently, they brag about sexually harassing women, but feign ignorance and pretend they didn’t see the women’s awkward attempts to escape without making a scene. And they depend on others to make excuses for them, to say they didn’t mean it that way or to claim that maybe they really don’t know what they’re doing or claim that they just lost their temper or that it’s just a joke.

So we’re seeing that now, with people scrambling to claim that Brown’s tattoo is somehow not what it seems. But it is what it seems.

This is not surprising. There’s a myth that men who beat and rape women just “lose control” and that after they act out, they sit around stewing in shame. That is because this is what these men tell people they are trying to ingratiate themselves with, in order to gain their acceptance and forgiveness. But inside, as many victims who have seen their true face can tell you, they are defiant. They believe they are entitled to dominate women, and they feel victimized by a world that doesn’t give them what they believe is theirs. They act out, looking for little ways to assert the right to dominate they believe is theirs.



http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/11/what-chris-browns-tattoo-tells-us-about-violence-against-women/#.UFVV71FJONA.facebook

[Marie Marie]

1. +1000 K & R

[Firebrand Gary]

2. What are the chances he did this to punish himself? To publicly humiliate himself?

Just a thought.

[Brickbat]

7. ROFLMAO.

[lunatica]

10. The chances are on the negative side of zero

Any woman who sees that and still sticks around is nuts.

[GliderGuider]

3. Some people barely seem human.

I've never seen such a repugnant display. Ever.


ETA: If he ever needs a slow tattoo removal service, I might consider it...

[msongs]

4. and what does that tell us about...rihanna nt

[shanti]

11. but, but

she still LOVES him deeply!

[seabeyond]

5. thank you... this is very good. appreciate. already

i see replies saying what if.... he feels bad and what is the womans role in allowing. perfect examples of what is being said in the Op

[tjdee]

6. Rihanna doesn't help AND that tat is based on a mask

On CNN they show the mask it was supposedly based on, it's still obviously a bad choice from him. However the tat doesn't show us as much about violence against women as the complete embrace that the music industry has given him and his album sales don't hurt either.

FFS, Rihanna, the woman he beat, was on the Video Music Awards hugging him just last week or so?

So if she doesn't care, his fans don't care, and his music label doesn't care.......

[Brickbat]

8. We can still care.

[Odin2005]

9. This is why I can't stand hip-hop.

[CrispyQ]

12. Fuck him & all the "fans" that support him.

And to the women, I truly do not understand how they can support this asshole.