No joke! Boston GLOBE reporting that nearly half of teens surveyed over Chris Brown/Rihanna scandal blame Rihanna for the beating!

The ages questioned: 12 through 19 .. 71% argued in the survey that arguing was normal.. 44% say that fighting happens..

But beating?

The GLOBE ending on a very negative note:

"Local teenagers from the Hyde Square Task Force in Boston said they found the case, and the survey, troubling, adding that the pop stars are supposed to serve as role models. But unfortunately, they are seeing such violence too often. "I had friends getting beat by their boyfriends and coming to school with black eyes," said Kendra Lara, 19, of Jamaica Plain. "Some people do take it, and I don't understand it.""