Major media outlets, including
CNN, got to hear from Rihanna this week about the violence that brought both her and boyfriend Chris Brown into the headlines and ultimately into court. Like other celebrity domestic abuse, her experience, summarized in the following quote, raises awareness, but not necessarily reality.
"Rihanna told 'Good Morning America' that Brown was definitely her first love, but that the more in love they became, the more dangerous the relationship turned. It was a reality she was too embarrassed to admit.
'I didn't want people to think that I fell in love with that person,' she said. 'That's embarrassing that that's the type of person I fell so far in love with, so unconditionally, that I went back.' "
Here are two other articles that give the non-celebrity backstory on DV - if you don't have money, a new record coming out, and other social perks here are some issues you might find yourself dealing with:
LA Times: "Kathy Cleaves-Milan called police to report that her live-in boyfriend had brandished a gun and vowed to end both of their lives. Within days, her apartment managers served her with eviction papers for violating the terms of the lease, citing the criminal activity she had reported.
'I was punished for protecting myself and my daughter,' Cleaves-Milan, 36, said. Her attorneys filed a lawsuit this month arguing that her 2007 eviction was a form of sex discrimination."
McClatchy reports"Eight states and the District of Columbia don't have laws that specifically bar insurance companies from using domestic violence as a pre-existing condition to deny health coverage, according to a study from the National Women's Law Center."
Here are two other articles that give the non-celebrity backstory on DV - if you don't have money, a new record coming out, and other social perks here are some issues you might find yourself dealing with:
LA Times: "Kathy Cleaves-Milan called police to report that her live-in boyfriend had brandished a gun and vowed to end both of their lives. Within days, her apartment managers served her with eviction papers for violating the terms of the lease, citing the criminal activity she had reported.
'I was punished for protecting myself and my daughter,' Cleaves-Milan, 36, said. Her attorneys filed a lawsuit this month arguing that her 2007 eviction was a form of sex discrimination."
McClatchy reports"Eight states and the District of Columbia don't have laws that specifically bar insurance companies from using domestic violence as a pre-existing condition to deny health coverage, according to a study from the National Women's Law Center."