Pre-Chris Brown Reconciliation Rihanna No Role Model for Young Girls
by Pop singer Rihanna has reached super star status but her celebrity has been conflated with role model material. Before she ran back to her abusive relationship she was never role model material for young girls. When will we stop with celebrity fetishism?
People and other less reputable e-zines are reporting that Rihanna and Chris Brown (CB) are holed up in a Miami mansion belonging to Diddy (Sean Combs).
They are definitely together and care a great deal about each other, says a Miami source. They feel like staying in and working through their issues. So far they have not wanted to go out. While Chris is reflective and saddened about what happened, he is really happy to be with the woman he loves,” the unnamed source tells the magazine.
As we can all recall that about three weeks ago CB was accused of beating her so badly that she had to pull out of performing for the Grammy awards. Shortly after aphoto leaked to TMZ showing her badly battered and bruised. He issued a lameapology, and fans supported RiRi and dissed CB.
Now the public backlash has diverged from CB to Rihanna. In the midst of the storm we are expecting her to be the cover girl for battered women all over America.
Why do we expect her to shoulder this heavy burden? Being both abused and famous does not make her the mascot for abused women all over the world; it just makes her abused and famous that’s all.
I was counting the days for this to happen. And just as I suspected, poor “Princess RiRi” is a bad role model for young girls all of a sudden. I say she has always been a bad role model for young girls. Since when has waltzing around in fishnets and booty shorts so tight that you can’t bend over been a good image for young girls? When has staying with a man that is obviously cheating on you been a good example for teens?
People need to buy, rent, or charge a clue.
Rihanna is not a role model she is an entertainer who is suffering from Battered Wife Syndrome (BWS). She does not need to be held up/down for our castigation. She needs professional help. Furthermore she doesn’t have to live her personal life to satisfy other people’s sense of right and wrong. For that I am proud.
Otherwise I am disappointed (not shocked) at her decision to stay. She has a lot more money than the average person and she could seek personal help to overcome the underlying emotional issues that imprison her in this relationship. Her choice to reconcile with CB – before he has even finished a proper course of anger management – is telling. I just hope that both of these young adults get the help that they need before more damage is done.
And that’s the gossip moral.
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