But in February everyone was talking about domestic violence after pictures of R&B star Rihanna’s bruised face surfaced on the internet.  Rihanna had gotten the bruises from her boyfriend, the wildly popular R&B star – Chris Brown.

This high profile incident of relationship abuse was met with a lot of discussion.  Shockingly hoards of teenage fans of Chris Brown pledged to support him. Many of these girls blamed Rihanna for Chris abusing her. An interesting New York Times article talks about this. Click here to read the article.

MTV sponsored a special on the Rihanna/Chris Brown case of domestic abuse and invited Juan Ramos, director of Safe Horizon’s Domestic Violence Accountability program to speak. (Safe Horizons is an organization that helps victims of domestic abuse.) In the interview Ramos emphasized that men who abuse their partners need to be held accountable.

Watch the MTV special here.

If you are a victim of Domestic Violence living in the NY area,  get in touch with Sanctuary for Families.  They’re there to help.

For help nation-wide contact Safe Horizons: 1-800-621-HOPE