Quote Originally Posted by Roberta75 View Post
Actually she did write such a thing phil and had this to say about Tina Turner.

“Hundreds of men would have whisked her off in a hot minute, but she stayed because she wanted to learn the lessons his beatings taught. Those lessons resulted in her becoming a millionaire many times over.”
Roberta, she also wrote : "A word about physical violence. I realize it's politically incorrect to admit this, but the sight of a man slapping a woman did not horrify me. Context is everything. In the context of Detroit showbiz culture of the sixties, men slapped their women around.They just did. It may sound radical to say so, but some women needed that. Some women even benefitted from that.We all knew-we saw it with our owneyes- that Ted was slapping Areta around. But without Ted's grooming, Aretha would never have been a superstar.

Same with Ike and Tina...Without Ike,there would be no Tina...Tina could have left Ike at will. She chose to stay because she wanted to learn the lessons he had to teach. And those lessons resulted in her becoming a millionaire many times over"