Comments on: Sentenced to Community Service at Oprah’s School for Girls http://www.jenisfamous.com/dev/2009/03/sentenced-to-community-service-at-oprahs-school-for-girls.html spelling bee hostess. math geek. grammar enforcer. comedian. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:40:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chante http://www.jenisfamous.com/dev/2009/03/sentenced-to-community-service-at-oprahs-school-for-girls.html/comment-page-1#comment-4186 Chante Wed, 19 May 2010 00:08:30 +0000 http://www.jenisfamous.com/dev/2009/03/sentenced-to-community-service-at-oprahs-school-for-girls.html#comment-4186 no she not married to Chris Brown. no she not married to Chris Brown.

]]> By: Jen2.0 http://www.jenisfamous.com/dev/2009/03/sentenced-to-community-service-at-oprahs-school-for-girls.html/comment-page-1#comment-2972 Jen2.0 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:23:43 +0000 http://www.jenisfamous.com/dev/2009/03/sentenced-to-community-service-at-oprahs-school-for-girls.html#comment-2972 I could type for days and days about this, but the bottom line is this: I have a TON of work to do when it comes to educating teens about dating violence. The articles that I have read that quote teens as saying she deserved it, to the actual conversations that I have had with local teens is absolutely mind blowing. I'm not even safe from these comments when driving in my own car; kids are calling up the local radio stations to weigh in on the issue, and I have almost wrecked multiple times. These kids really believe that 1) Violence in relationships is normal and to be expected, 2) That "she always starts it," and 3) If she goes back, either it didn't happen at all, or she deserves whatever she gets. The abundance of comments which blame the victim for the attack shows me that teens have no idea how complex abusive relationships really are. Teens see this as a black and white issue, where in reality, there are a million shades of grey in abusive relationships. Now if only I could get a radio station to let me come on and do an on-air educational piece, that'd be a pretty sweet start... I could type for days and days about this, but the bottom line is this: I have a TON of work to do when it comes to educating teens about dating violence. The articles that I have read that quote teens as saying she deserved it, to the actual conversations that I have had with local teens is absolutely mind blowing. I’m not even safe from these comments when driving in my own car; kids are calling up the local radio stations to weigh in on the issue, and I have almost wrecked multiple times.

These kids really believe that 1) Violence in relationships is normal and to be expected, 2) That “she always starts it,” and 3) If she goes back, either it didn’t happen at all, or she deserves whatever she gets.

The abundance of comments which blame the victim for the attack shows me that teens have no idea how complex abusive relationships really are. Teens see this as a black and white issue, where in reality, there are a million shades of grey in abusive relationships.

Now if only I could get a radio station to let me come on and do an on-air educational piece, that’d be a pretty sweet start…

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