Pagan Values: Domestic Abuse, Rape and Rihanna’s “Man Down”
Domestic abuse survivor Rihanna has a new song about murder,
which isn't news. Most genres of music are full of songs about
death, murder and killing. I used to joke that parents worried
about their kids should be just as concerned about violent folk
music as violent rap. Yet the video for Rihanna's Man Down
places the murder in the context of rape.This is what I find
interesting: we don't blink an eye when a song invokes murder,
but if it places the murder in the context of rape or domestic …
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