CHRIS BROWN SAYS STEPFATHER BEAT HIS MOTHER (892 hits)
R & B artist Chris Brown is, in some ways, an unlikely person to be accused of domestic violence by his girlfriend Rihanna.
He's spoken openly about his alleged experiences with abuse as a child at the hands of his stepfather.
In 2007, Brown admitted in an interview with U.S. magazine Giant, his family had been abused by his stepfather.
"He made me terrified all the time, terrified like I had to pee on myself. I remember one night he made her nose bleed. I was crying and thinking, 'I'm just gonna go crazy on him one day....' I hate him to this day."
And he told talk show hostess Tyra Banks, on her show, that his childhood abuse experience had made him respectful of women:
"It affected me … especially toward women, I treat them differently. Because I don't want to go through the same thing or put a woman through the same thing that that person put my mom through."
However, some mental experts claim that it's not uncommon for victims of abuse to have repetition compulsion as a means of dealing with buried emotions caused by the earlier abuse.
What do you think? Did you experience abuse as a child?
Did you see your father or a male member of the household physically abuse your mother?
Has it impacted your relationships with men and women as an adult?
E, I totally agree on the people trying to find an excuse for this young man's actions. There is no excuse for people both male or female to use violence as a way to either solve their differences or to show their displeasure for what they may not agree with. I am personally sick of hearing the same ole, she must have done provoked him in some type of way or the if she hit him then he should have just walked away. People are human first and does not take much for something to trigger a flashback, especially when one has just suppressed the effects of abuse, be it as something that was seen or if they were a direct target if the abuse. The nicest person in the world could do something that the people that know them the best would never imagine they would do. It's always a blame game and usually the woman is found at fault for one thing or another as having to contribute to the situation of another not being able to control themselves and lashes out violently. You see how long it took for Battered Women's Syndrome to be recognized and they way they are treated when reporting DV from the time officers arrive. What is even worst is the fact that, if this young woman did not have any visible signs of injury she would have received a very hard time in an attempt to file a complaint or press charges.
Just a very sad situation.
Friday, February 13th 2009 at 9:06PM
Marquerite Burgess
Sis I posted in past blogs. Feel free to view, just trying to help and add my 2cents. Giving credit where due, keep up the good work. Sincrely, William
Sunday, February 15th 2009 at 2:45AM
WILLIAM W. HEMMANS III
Chris Brown should take responsibilty for his own actions. He made his choice to do what he did, he definitely did not have the excuses while he was in the act of violence and now that is is over the excuse manifest itself.
Friday, February 20th 2009 at 11:07AM
Cheryl Hendrix
Chris Brown should take responsibilty for his own actions. He made his choice to do what he did, he definitely did not have the excuses while he was in the act of violence and now that is is over the excuse manifest itself.
Friday, February 20th 2009 at 11:07AM
Cheryl Hendrix
Chris Brown should take responsibility for his own actions. He made his choice to do what he did, he definitely did not have the excuses while he was in the act of violence and now that is is over the excuse manifest itself.
Friday, February 20th 2009 at 11:07AM
Cheryl Hendrix
I have been abused for as long as I can remember only because I was born in the deep south in 1942 into the Black race, and still live in America!!!
And I have never been arrested for an attack on my fellow man be they :Black, White, Male, female, gay, straigth, Christian or not Christian, short, tall, rich, poor, etc. My mother and father were not married... and because of any of these or any other of the excuses that mankind has or will ever come up with for not treating others as you want to be treated by others are acceptable to me,end of story on my part!!!!!
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
Marquente, thank you so very much for bringing up the Battered Women's Syndrome because the greatest obstical to getting this recognized in the first place was the "I Am SORRY" defense that was accepted for too, too many years therefore thi s defense was only defeated after too too many other Battered women had ended up getting those 25 to life prison sentences...The police now have to in many cases get tired of taking the female time and time agaon to the hospital and must end up pressing assault charges them selves...again this is due to the "Iam sorry"...some times the court judge have to threaten the female if she dropps the assault charges because once again her lover one has promised not to do this again next pay day or when his meal is late or he comes in the middle of the night and starts the fight...
Today our goal should be demanding more than the I am sorry and I will go to angermanagement classes or parole, etc until DEATH DO WE PART / STOP.
And, E I am in full agreement with you on the I am sorry defense, but we must start to demand this and a PROMISE that actions speaks louder than words therefore TREATMENT be in forced to the fullest or jail, prison time be the out come.WE must try every thing that WORKS and stop setteling for what make us feel good until the next time around...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
