This week on Saturday Night Live (SNL) there was one controversial skit that was a paradox of the Tiger Woods domestic violence issue which has recently been in the media. What triggered this was that Rihanna was the musical guest, and earlier this year she was involved in a domestic violence case where her then boyfriend, Chris Brown, beat her.
Quotes from the article said how domestic violence is never funny, or should never be made light of. However, there were other comments about how if the genders had been switched (like the Rihanna Chirs Brown example) it would never have appeared on SNL. One man was quoted saying its, "kind of, sort of ok to make fun of...". Because it was a woman beating a man that makes it ok? Because he is arguably the most famous athlete of all time and is strong enough to take beating from a woman that makes it funny? Some in our society believe that this is ok to make fun of. That domenstic violence isn't as violent if the woman is the assaulter.
What does this say about our society? Do you believe this goes along with the notion that men are generally seen as stronger and more superior to women?
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I saw this skit, but I didn't even think to make the connection about abusive violence with Rihanna and Chris Brown. I figured SNL would do something with Tiger Woods, and to me it just seemed like a bad coincidence for Rihanna to be performing on the same day. However, I think you make a great point about our society. It certainly does seem like this supports the notion that men are seen as stronger than women. This might be because women are generally viewed as more emotional and vulnerable than men. The "vulnerability" of women takes away from the violence of domestic violence by women.
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