16 men who are guilty of abuse
It would be all too easy to include in this list the glaringly obvious examples of the reprehensible abusive men such as OJ Simpson, Woody Allen, Oscar Pistorius, Roman Polanski and Mel Gibson.
No, what I would rather highlight in this list of 16 supposed 'men' is how you never ever really know who could be an abuser.
I’d also like to point out to both women and children a few things they should learn about abuse and abusers:
- you can't tell who is or could be an abuser.
- at the very first sign – get out and away!
- the cycle of abuse is everywhere.
- it is never ever your fault.
- you do not deserve what they mete out
1. Sean Penn
Arrested and charged with a domestic assault felony after beating his then wife Madonna.
2. Chris Brown
Arrested for beating up his then girlfriend Rihanna.
3. Steven Seagal
Abusive throughout his marriage to Kelly LeBrock. Seagal has also been sued for sexual harassment several times as well as for assaulting women on his movie sets.
4. James Brown
Arrested for domestic violence in 2004.
5. Slash
(Guns N' Roses guitarist) arrested for domestic violence in 1999.
6. Vanilla Ice
Has been arrested for domestic violence no less than three times.
7. Axl Rose
Has had a long history of being arrested. In the early ‘90s, Rose and ex-wife Stephanie Seymour sued each other.
8. Terrence Howard
Arrested for domestic abuse in 2001.
9. Billy Dee Williams
Arrested for domestic battery in 1996.
10. Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Arrested for domestic violence in 2010.
11. Eric Roberts
Charged with domestic violence in 1995.
12. Bill Cosby
The lovable Dr Cliff Huxtable now faces numerous accusations from many women who claim that he drugged and sexually assaulted them. The allegations go as far back as the 1970s.
I need to pause and highlight that this abusive behavior is not a symptom of a modern degenerate society. This problem is historic, is ongoing and rampant but will not change until one generation steps up and says; "No more!"
Great men from history who too have been guilty…..
13. Charles Dickens - a wife-beater.
14. J.D. Salinger - a Paedophile
15. Pablo Picasso tormented all the women in his life.
And number 16 breaks my heart!
16. Sean Connery
He has publicly admitted to beating women, and has said he doesn’t see anything wrong with it!
These are his words from an interview in Playboy magazine:
“I don’t think there is anything particularly wrong about hitting a woman - although I don’t recommend doing it in the same way that you’d hit a man. An openhanded slap is justified – if all other alternatives fail and there has been plenty of warning. If a woman is a bitch, or hysterical, or bloody-minded continually, then I’d do it. I think a man has to be slightly advanced, ahead of the woman. I really do – by virtue of the way a man is built, if nothing else. But I wouldn’t call myself sadistic.”
Does this man not realise that by virtue of the way a man is built – he will normally outweigh a woman in stature and definitely in strength!
So, not only is the violence against women and children rife both here in South Africa and abroad – what is utterly disconcerting is that it is not even considered a real problem in the hearts and minds of some of our heroes.
And now that you have read this blog….are they really still your heroes?