Dear Rihanna

The other day in class when we were split up into groups my group decided that we wanted to discuss Dear Rihanna. Before the discussion I had skimmed the letter, but when I read it I was shocked. After I read it a second time and Analyzed it , I was disgusted. I was disgusted at the fact that so many young girls think that their boyfriend beating them is okay. They think that, that is what "love" is and its sad to me that they dont have someone wiser to tell them that love is not when a man puts his hands on you. There is this line in the letter where the girl basically says to Rihanna that she threw his keys, what did she think was gonna happen? Thats one line that stuck with me because to me this young girl was basically telling Rihanna that she asked for it. From the poem we could tell that this young lady thought that domestic violence was okay because of what was happening in her household. To me its heartbreaking to know that domestic violence is passed down from mother to daughter. I think Rihanna didnt even want to leave Chris and that is why she stayed with him even after he beat her. I think that she too was a victim of witnessing domestic violence as a child and she left because of the fact that is a role model to many young woman and if she stayed that all of these girls would think that it was okay for them as well. I think that all young woman need to be educated about domestic violence , and they need to be informed of what a safe , healthy relationship is.