Correct me if I’m wrong, but what I think you’re trying to say is that certain women are drawn to abusive men. That may or may not be true, but that doesn’t absolve the abuser. There is no justification for abuse! I don’t care how downtrodden, passive, or unstable the woman is, no man has the right to hit her! This is a very simple premise. There is no gray area!

Frankly, Chris Brown should have gone to JAIL!

Male/female relationship are a two way street. We can’t “blame” men for learned patterns of behavior or for what they were traumatized with, and internalized as they were children. Likewise, you can’t “blame” anyone who is acting out in light of the misogyny, bigotry, that they were conditioned with in this society. “Sexual exploitation” has become very much institutionalized and is “everywhere”. So we can not act like a “man” wakes up one day and decides to abuse women and “love”. Many men and women, frankly do not know what love is. I do agree in that everyone has to take responsibility for their own words, ways and actions in order to change the direction of male/female relationships as well as family relationships. However, please do not generalize by simply using “men” as the overarching group label. Many women have mental, emotional instabilities which cause them to end up in abusive relationships. As well, many women ‘don’t’ know what love is because of their own experience and miseducation. Honestly, I know of men in relationships who have gotten abused by women. Both sexes need education and accountability.