r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ArcherVisible5866 • 5h ago

Video New controversial Ad in Ireland about consent

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u/It_was_mee_all_along 5h ago

I think people are getting, maybe, too sensitive?

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u/FiercelyApatheticLad 5h ago

Maybe people are allowed to be sensitive about their personal space.

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u/Less-Ad-1327 5h ago

O you can be sensitive about giving a hello hug to your grandparents, but people are allowed to think you're a giant weirdo for it.

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u/wholovesoreos 5h ago

I mean yeah that's whatever to most people. Anyone will have an opinion on anything. It's only annoying when said grandparents actually complain about it. Complaining you don't get access to someone's body is more inappropriate than someone declining to hug you in favor of another acceptable greeting.

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u/theatermouse 4h ago

Yep. Also, if they just move on from the greeting and lack of hug, they can move into conversation and actually getting to KNOW their grandchild which is more important than a hug anyway!

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u/Iorith 4h ago

If someone expects me to give up my comfort of personal boundaries, they aren't worthy of a hug in the first place.

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u/Less-Ad-1327 4h ago

Giving your grandparents a hello hug (** ASSUMING A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP**) is giving up your personal boundries?

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u/Iorith 4h ago

It is if you don't want to be hugged, yes.

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u/Less-Ad-1327 4h ago

so you want everyone to ask you for explicit consent before being hugged anytime?

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u/Iorith 3h ago

I mean, yes? That's how consent works.

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u/Less-Ad-1327 3h ago

okay then.

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u/Civil_Emergency_573 4h ago

O you can be sensitive about giving a hello hug to your grandparents, but people are allowed to think you're a giant weirdo for it.

You just perfectly described how people get coerced and solicited into unwanted physicality. Thank you!

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u/Less-Ad-1327 4h ago

Yeah I can see what you're saying. I think it's a bit of a leap from your grandparents coming over and trying to give you a hello hug, which is what this ad is showing (**ASSUMING IT'S A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP**)

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u/Civil_Emergency_573 4h ago

As a child, when you're expected to comply and return physicality to all your family members no matter how distant, it becomes increasingly more difficult to turn down an adult stranger, especially if they know how to leverage that embarrassment.

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u/MoopLoom 3h ago

Can we, in the year 20 motherfucking 26, stop spreading the misinformation that predators are always or even usually strangers?

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u/Less-Ad-1327 3h ago

I mean that's a wild leap from your grandparents to a random stranger.

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u/MoopLoom 3h ago

Kids are most likely to be assaulted by people who aren't strangers.

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u/StarFlareDragon 4h ago

My first memory of my grandmother was her hitting me, stealing my comics, that I couldn't even read yet and giving them to my cousin who wanted them. Fuck grandma, tell her to keep her hands and lips the fuck off.

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u/Less-Ad-1327 3h ago

Yeah that's not good. Sorry to hear that.

I was referring to a seemingly healthy relationship, which is what this ad indicates.

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u/average-eridian 4h ago

Maybe y'all are too sensitive for expecting a hug so bad that you can't fathom being told no, whether you're young or you're a grandparent. You're allowed to think kids shouldn't be able to tell you no, but people are allowed to think you're a giant weirdo for it. Or maybe your need to touch kids without their consent isn't even about hugs, it's pretty common this attitude comes a different place entirely.

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u/Lungford 4h ago

You're allowed think somebody is a giant weird for it, but that doesn't mean you're not being insensitive and judgmental.

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u/666_________________ 5h ago

That’s how I feel about. Sure, you are allow to feel and act however you like, and people are allowed to think whatever they want about you.