V-Day on the View

On Valentine’s Day/V-Day, the Hot Topic on the View was Chris Brown’s triumphant return to the Grammy’s on Sunday. Social media sites were divided on whether Brown had learned his lesson after his felony conviction for beating Rhianna in 2009 or if there should even be a connection between his music and personal life. The women on the View believed that he should have a second chance to prove himself particularly since he has taken anger management classes. But what everyone found incredibly disturbing were some of the emails and tweets from young women, not for giving Brown a second chance, but for their attitude about violence towards women.  One woman tweeted “Chris Brown can do anything he wants to me. I’d do anything to have him” another said “ Chris Brown can punch me in the face as much as he wants to as long as he kisses it.” It was shocking that young women would even joke about the possibility of domestic abuse or being hit by a man. Elizabeth Hasselbeck said it best when she said the problem was not with Brown’s music or his acceptance at the Grammy’s. The problem was these young women would accept physical violence to be with a man. It was about self-esteem and self-worth.  It was ironic that this was all taking place on V-Day. At my granddaughter's high school five young women have been beaten or raped in high profile cases in the last 4 years, you can only wonder what goes on that you don’t hear about. V-Day has a young girls site, I’m going to send it to my granddaughter.