STILL blaming the victim

In all the ink about Rihanna and Chris Brown, I missed this story about students in a Boston poll - HALF said the incident was HER fault. We have failed our children!

Of the 200 Boston youths (ages 12 to 19) surveyed, 51 percent said Chris Brown was responsible for the incident, 46 percent said Rihanna was responsible and 52 percent said both were to blame. In addition, 52 percent said the media was treating Brown unfairly; 44 percent said fighting was a normal part of a relationship; and a “significant” number said “Rihanna was destroying Chris Brown’s career.” Women blamed Rihanna as much as men did.

ADDENDUM 4/13/09

Really enjoyed this interesting feminist commentary in Slate on abusive relationships - why do we keep asking "why did she stay with him?" and does feminism help us understand this?