Last night Ireland's national public service broadcaster aired a documentary on the apparent rape culture in this country called "Asking For It".
Link (you'll obviously need to use a proxy to view it).
The documentary was contrived by author Louise O’Neill, who published a novel of the same name, which tried to highlight the apparent complexities around sexual consent and the clash between traditional Irish attitudes to rape and the modern world of social media. She tried to explore where Ireland stood on the issue of consent, visiting the Sexual Violence Center in Cork, meeting staff at Dublin’s Rape Crisis Center and taking part in consent workshops that are being run in Galway University.
The reaction from the droves of Irish feminists was rather predicable, with tweets that included stuff like "We need to teach our boys not to rape, just as much as we teach our girls not to walk home alone at night" and "Men need to take an active role in how young men are educated, and empowered to positively influence how their male peers act"
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In reality, sexual crime is not a major issue in Ireland as it is in other EU countries and we actually have the lowest conviction rate for rape cases in Europe, standing at 1 – 2% (The EU average is 8 – 10%). So although some cases are not reported, that's a pretty low statistic overall. Now compare Ireland to places like UK, France, Germany or Sweden, places with huge Muslim populations and there is absolutely no comparison.
So was this sort of documentary actually warranted or is it just media scaremongering in a country that is already a feminist stronghold (not to mention been brainwashed for years by the Catholic Church?) I personally don't think it was and will do nothing more to further alienate and stigmatize single white Irish males.
Opinions?
Link (you'll obviously need to use a proxy to view it).
The documentary was contrived by author Louise O’Neill, who published a novel of the same name, which tried to highlight the apparent complexities around sexual consent and the clash between traditional Irish attitudes to rape and the modern world of social media. She tried to explore where Ireland stood on the issue of consent, visiting the Sexual Violence Center in Cork, meeting staff at Dublin’s Rape Crisis Center and taking part in consent workshops that are being run in Galway University.
The reaction from the droves of Irish feminists was rather predicable, with tweets that included stuff like "We need to teach our boys not to rape, just as much as we teach our girls not to walk home alone at night" and "Men need to take an active role in how young men are educated, and empowered to positively influence how their male peers act"
Link1 Link2
In reality, sexual crime is not a major issue in Ireland as it is in other EU countries and we actually have the lowest conviction rate for rape cases in Europe, standing at 1 – 2% (The EU average is 8 – 10%). So although some cases are not reported, that's a pretty low statistic overall. Now compare Ireland to places like UK, France, Germany or Sweden, places with huge Muslim populations and there is absolutely no comparison.
So was this sort of documentary actually warranted or is it just media scaremongering in a country that is already a feminist stronghold (not to mention been brainwashed for years by the Catholic Church?) I personally don't think it was and will do nothing more to further alienate and stigmatize single white Irish males.
Opinions?
