<p>Why would Rhianna want to sing a song called S & M after being beaten/abused by Chris Brown? I heard it on the radio yesterday and when I realized it was her I was quite perplexed.</p>
<p>Perhaps she has problems. Who doesn’t?</p>
<p>I said THE SAME THING the day I heard it. And even D2, who would likely blow something like song lyrics off, agreed!! The lyrics are rather graphic. I would normally not care and just not listen, but with her history I just shook my head.</p>
<p>She said something about how it was supposed to be empowering, maybe shrugging off her victim status. I haven’t heard the song or read the lyrics, I’m not a big fan of hers, but this was a controversy quite a while ago and she did interviews explaining her point of view that I read. Reading the lyrics now, I am pretty sure it’s only four lines that are repeated over and over again that aren’t “come on,” and what she said is a phrase I am pretty sure I saw on t shirts ten years ago. I am not sure what’s so graphic, maybe the lyrics need to be in the context of the music.</p>
<p>I have read that some women who have a history of sexual violence (different topic here, but possibly related?) sometimes have a tendency to be very promiscuous as a way of reacting to that violence, for a lot of warped reasons that would make sense in their heads at the time even though it would be a head-shaking moment for us. I would guess that not THAT much went into the creation of this song, but assuming the song is as graphic as you think it is (like I said, didn’t listen to it) I would wonder if a similar phenomenon might be relevant.</p>
<p>What surprises me is the airplay this song is getting on the local top 20 radio stations. When my 11yo D is with me she knows that if she doesn’t change the station when that song comes on I will change it to NPR. (she likes NPR, but likes her music better) She has become pretty quick finding another station! I used to think rap was bad, but this, imo, is about as bad as it gets.</p>