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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?

Post: #2

Lets be honest here, there are both sides of this. The worse thing that could happen is the law listening to feminists. The worse thing for men is for mass migration from third world countries.

Both are happening right now.

I don't think we will hear an end to this because quite frankly it involves too many variables and whilst a woman can withdraw from consent because maybe the guy wasn't what she thought he was, she shouldn't be able to come back and say a guy raped her because of buyers remorse.

And with regards to Ched Evans, a woman certainly cannot be taken seriously when withdrawing consent if she is being dicked by a guy and allows a third to get sloppy seconds. Fuck that.

A woman when drunk is responsible for drink driving and should therefore have the same responsibility when it comes to sex. The law is crossing its wires and dragging out cases where there isn't a case. Its bad enough you go through trial by media.

Post: #3

Hi Brick, from another Brick.

No the making of the documentary was not warranted.
Yes it's media scaremongering.

Post: #4

I saw a few minutes of it. I have mixed views on it.
Certainly the idea of Ireland having a rape culture is pure farce, but that said, there have been several cases here of convicted rapists serving very little time, so I'll give them that.
It's just a shame they have to wrap up their greivances in this false 'rape culture' narrative.
Not sure if they mentioned anything about men being raped?
As this was a feminist driven programme, I'm thinking no.

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I wonder if it's now impossible for feminists and academics to do a documentary on "rape culture" in other European countries such as Sweden, Germany, France, or the UK because it would mean that they would have to show that most of it is committed by Islamic immigrants?

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To be honest, I didn't watch it lastnight, I only heard about it when I read the reactions on social media this morning and was then compelled to watch it.

The general consensuses from the (mostly female) social media reaction was that Irish males live in a society that endorses rape culture and this documentary should be shown in schools to pubescent boys to teach them right from wrong. Apparently we are on the cusp of a rape epidemic in Ireland which is conveniently just swept under the carpet. It's was the most rhetoric and condescending crap I've ever read! One feminist blogger and journalist even chimed in with this gem; "Tbh I HATE this idea that men need to consider a woman as being THEIRS - their mother, daughter, wife - to view her as human. #AskingForIt"

On the flipside, I agree with the cases of convicted rapists serving very little time, that is obviously a totally travesty of justice, but I was just angered at the unashamedly feminist angle and tone of the piece and the down right defamation of the Irish male at the hands of Irish females (nothing new there though).

Also, absolutely no mention of male rape statistics, but then again that would go directly against their agenda wouldn't it?