 However , Hobson noted that Rihanna " rejects the victim stance " in the video for " Man Down " , and <unk> that she played the role of a rape survivor who shot her attacker . She attributed the location of shooting the video in Jamaica as significant , due to how the image of a gun <unk> during 1990s Jamaican dance hall 's to " express female rage " . The <unk> depicts Rihanna as a " dark @-@ hooded " <unk> <unk> whereby the narrative explains her motives for murder and <unk> the <unk> to <unk> with her because she danced in a provocative manner with a man in a club , which Hobson suggests is " somehow <unk> of rape " . She continued to explain that Rihanna is inviting the audience to consider what justice means by " pointing both a literal and lyrical gun at the issue " . Hobson concluded that Rihanna is protecting her vulnerability and <unk> the image of the abused black woman who is looked at <unk> in society . 
