Notice how heterosexuals are routinely attacked for being ... well, heterosexual. A girlfriend gets back together with her boyfriend after a fight is routinely described as suffering from a psychological disorder or a "syndrome". Yet if one were to suggest homosexual men who engage in inherently unhealthy behavior were "mentally ill" or suffered from "Battered Ass Syndrome" one would be institutionally ostracized. Why the Double Standard?
R & B star Rihanna is reportedly back together with singer Chris Brown, risking her life for “love,” after he allegedly beat her so badly, anyone who saw her bruised face cringed.Like many battered women, Rihanna doesn’t seem to see the danger in dancing with a violent man who has proven he can’t control his destructive impulses. That’s because her vision is clouded by passion or naivete or whatever dark chapter of her own life she may be replaying now by “playing with fire.”
Psychologists say that it is not unusual for a victim of abuse to return to the abuser.
"There's a psychological element to women going back, even against their own interest, " said Dr. Nando Pelusi, a psychologist in New York City. "Domestic violence happens across all people all cultures, and all socio-economic backgrounds."
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Since you're comparing the Rihanna/Chris Brown situation to the two dudes in the picture, I take it that Dude A beat down Dude B, then Dude B took him back.
That's what happened right? Because otherwise, the comparison doesn't hold.
No.
You completely missed it.
I am comparing the routine characterization of heterosexual relationships as pathology (Battered Wife Syndrome) to the routine characterization of homosexual relationships as normal.
Behind the camouflage of protecting Gays, a culture war has been waged on heterosexuals.
Fact is same-sex domestic violence is far more frequent and volatile than heterosexual domestic violence.
Yet, is "Battered Gay Syndrome" part of the popular lexicon?
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