Obviously, I’m not condoning or excusing his violence toward Rhianna. However, our media, our culture has a history of sweeping things under the rug and celebrating violent men. Case in point: Charlie Sheen. The man is now some sort of pop culture icon despite his past violence against women and rampant misogyny. So why are we is Charlie Sheen #WINNING all over the place, but Chris Brown is still being tried in the public court of opinion?