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lovely people! I'm Cara, an intimate partner violence researcher participating in the #GlobalScienceShow 
Today, I'm analyzing Chris Brown's infamous assault against Rihanna to teach you about #IPV- which
in 
women will experience in their lifetime 
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lovely people! I'm Cara, an intimate partner violence researcher participating in the #GlobalScienceShow Today, I'm analyzing Chris Brown's infamous assault against Rihanna to teach you about #IPV- which
in women will experience in their lifetime 1/11
You likely already know the story: Brown brutally assaulted Rihanna & photos of her injuries went viral online. 
Rihanna became a poster child for #IPV, but has since decided to use her experience to help other women.
Let's see what we can learn from her story. 
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Rihanna became a poster child for #IPV, but has since decided to use her experience to help other women.
Let's see what we can learn from her story. 2/11
Above all, Rihanna's story proves that experiencing violence can happen to anyone- some even call it the "great equalizer". 
And trust me, it does happen: 1 in 3 women will experience violence in their lifetime.
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And trust me, it does happen: 1 in 3 women will experience violence in their lifetime.
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But her story goes deeper.
Women with a history of abuse are disproportionately likely to continue to enter/find themselves in abusive relationships.
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Rihanna has disclosed that her father was an abuser.
The intergenerational impacts of violence are real.
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Women with a history of abuse are disproportionately likely to continue to enter/find themselves in abusive relationships.
/Rihanna has disclosed that her father was an abuser.
The intergenerational impacts of violence are real.
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We also know that violence frequently escalates after the initial episode(s). 
Brown admitted that they verbally
fought, and eventually it became physical 
, manifesting into the media popularized assault we know today.
Sometimes, this escalates to #femicide.
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Brown admitted that they verbally
fought, and eventually it became physical , manifesting into the media popularized assault we know today.Sometimes, this escalates to #femicide.
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Often, our first instinct is to tell women to #leave an abusive relationship/situation. 
But, Rihanna trying to leave the car escalated the violence.
#IPV involves extensive coercive control over a partner-leaving is complicated and even escalate violence.
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But, Rihanna trying to leave the car escalated the violence.
#IPV involves extensive coercive control over a partner-leaving is complicated and even escalate violence.
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It may sound counterintuitive, but staying in an abusive relationship can be safer than leaving.
#SafetyPlanning is critical for:
a) ensuring the safety of the woman and any potential children
&/or pets 
b) minimizing the risk of retaliation by the abuser.
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#SafetyPlanning is critical for:
a) ensuring the safety of the woman and any potential children
&/or pets b) minimizing the risk of retaliation by the abuser.
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Rihanna's story also plays into the stereotype of #IPV: that it's exclusively physical. In fact, #IPV comes in many forms- #physical is but type.
This has contributed to making it difficult to raise awareness and recognize alternative experiences of violence.
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type.This has contributed to making it difficult to raise awareness and recognize alternative experiences of violence.
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The media also encouraged #EpisodicFraming: the idea that occurrences of #IPV are random and disconnected.
This makes it easy to assign individual blame
- and avoid working towards change!
Really, #violence is a product of societal + cultural failures.
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This makes it easy to assign individual blame
- and avoid working towards change!Really, #violence is a product of societal + cultural failures.
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Chris Brown, a black man, was drinking the night of the assault. 
#IPV is disproportionately prominent in black relationships w/
use. This is attributable to #EconomicStress 
+ #RacialInequality 
- NOT distinctive effects of alcohol among African-Americans.
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#IPV is disproportionately prominent in black relationships w/
use. This is attributable to #EconomicStress + #RacialInequality - NOT distinctive effects of alcohol among African-Americans.10/11
Thanks for tuning in to this brief, *non-exhaustive* discussion about #IPV! Trusted #resources 
to keep handy 
Feel free to @ me with questions.
P.S. There are tons of other cool scientists in the @GlobalSciShow- check them out w/ #GlobalScienceShow.
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to keep handy Feel free to @ me with questions.
P.S. There are tons of other cool scientists in the @GlobalSciShow- check them out w/ #GlobalScienceShow.
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