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"  It&amp;#039;s been quite a week for images of domestic violence in mass media. This morning, photos of Evelyn Lozada shortly after she was attacked by now-estranged husband, former NFL star Chad &amp;quot;Ochocinco&amp;quot; Johnson, last August emerged on TMZ. Lozada appears to have a severe 3-inch gash in her forehead from where Johnson head-butted her during an argument that escalated to domestic violence. (Incidentally, in the year since the attack, Johnson continues to find trouble with the authorities \u2014 just yesterday he apologized for slapping his female attorney&amp;#039;s ass after they attended a hearing for his probation violation. What a charmer.) On Saturday, images of Nigella Lawson being choked by her husband Charles Saatchi ran on the front page of the Daily Mail. After Saatchi initially denied that they were doing anything but &amp;quot;playful tiffing&amp;quot; \u2014 and if you believe that, I have a 1996 Seville without wheels or a roof to sell you \u2014 he caved yesterday after a five-hour Scotland Yard interrogation and accepted their official caution against domestic violence. In the last six months, an old photo of Dina Lohan after allegedly being abused by Michael Lohan also appeared online, and we&amp;#039;ve all seen the infamous beaten-Rihanna shots. But there&amp;#039;s one issue here that is being put on the backburner. As we become increasingly accustomed to these shocking images being slapped all over the pages of celebrity gossip sites like TMZ and The Smoking Gun, and as useful they are in terms of awakening the general public to the pervasiveness of domestic violence, is it ethical to make photos of battered women available to the public?  Lawson&amp;#039;s are an exception, considering they were in a public place. But when Chris Brown had a scheduled concert in Sweden last November, activists plastered posters and banners of the Rihanna picture on benches in Stockholm without her consent, something no advocacy group would ever do with a non-famous women who was in an abusive relationship. Regardless of how noble their agenda is, the fact that they went over her head discounts her rights as a person. Which is the very thing they&amp;#039;re fighting for, right? Follow Anna on Twitter. Image via Sunday People "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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