Oh Boston, You've Disappointed Me...

It’s obvious that feminism is needed after reading this article about the Chris Brown-Rihanna assault. Apparently, about half the Boston teenagers who participated in the polling blamed Rihanna for the whole affair. What kind of society and values do we live in if the victims of a crime are blamed for having had it happen to them? And what’s worse, even before Brown’s “apology” in which he pleaded with America and Americans to forgive him his mistake (but never once directly apologized to Rihanna herself), teenagers, mostly girls, are still willing to support him and his career? After the story exploded onto seemingly every single media outlet, I noticed that almost every person in my high school had some sort of opinion on the matter; some of my friends told me that after finding out about the story, they were shocked but then it quickly passed and was quickly forgotten. How is it possible that our culture has become for jaded and indifference to things like domestic violence and sexism? I had spent a week just observing the behavior and mannerisms of my female classmates and noticed that most consistently contradicted their proclaimed values whenever they allowed a friend to call them the b word or wearing shirts with images of exposed wet breasts plastered over their own chests. Perhaps feminism can help reverse this trend of indifference that has taken over teenage mindsets today and help form better understanding of the feminist movement as one that fights for equality and try to reverse opinions such as these.