CHRIS BROWN SAYS STEPFATHER BEAT HIS MOTHER
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?
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.