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Essay / The Influence of Domestic Violence - 1608
The music video featuring Detroit-based rapper Eminem and R&B singer Rihanna is about a violent and passionate relationship (Domestic Violence in Pop Culture 1). Rihanna; a victim of domestic violence herself sings about the erotic pleasure she gets from being in an abusive relationship (Domestic Violence in pop culture 1). According to Ayonna Johnson, director of legal services for the Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence in Georgia, the message delivered to youth through the song was "It's OK" (Domestic Violence in Pop Culture 1 ). She added that “it illustrated a sense of normalcy in the face of very abnormal dysfunction (Domestic Violence in Pop Culture 1). This certainly has the capacity to increase domestic violence, as well as the deadly side” (Domestic Violence in Pop Culture