Rihanna’s music video “Man Down” has become a well talked about topic since yesterday. The video starts where Rihanna shoots a guy in the back of the head in front of a lot of people. Then the video rewinds to the day before where Rihanna is walking around Jamaica happy talking to people. Later that night Rihanna goes to a dancehall party where she is dancing and having fun. A guy wants to dance with her so she dances with him. When he begins touching her, making her feel uncomfortable she pushes him off. A little later Rihanna leaves the party. The guy is still angry Rihanna turned him down, so he asked where she went and a guy pointed in her direction. That’s when he followers Rihanna, holds her down in, what it seems to be an alley, and rapes her. She tries to scream but he puts his hands over Rihanna’s mouth. After he leaves her there Rihanna runs home crying and looks for her gun. The last shot in the video is when she was holding the gun in her hand.
First off I thought the video was going to be about her breaking someone heart badly. I would have never imaged it being about a rape story.
I have heard that people are shooting against this video, but to be honest I think it has a meaningful storyline. Many young and even older women are being raped every day and no one knows about it. I’m glad that someone like Rihanna took the time to make the situation known again. We always talk about rape for a small period of time then it gets pushed to the side like it’s not important, and it’s probably one of the most important topics.
I don’t promote violence nor to do I believe in it, but when a women or someone is put in a certain predicament they don’t think they just act. Rihanna isn’t telling people that if you get raped you should kill the individual who did it. She is saying if someone hurts you always think logically before reacting. Think about what the effects of your acts would be. The girl in my opinion was trying to hurt the guy as much as he hurt her, but in actuality she hurt herself even more. If you pay attention to the words everyone will understand what I’m talking about.
I really respect Rihanna for doing a video like this. She is a wonderful person with a good heart.
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BY: DOMONIQUE HUME
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