r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ArcherVisible5866 • 4h ago

Video New controversial Ad in Ireland about consent

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

[removed] — view removed post

9.2k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

3.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

5.5k

u/WingDairu 4h ago

This thread is full of people who really don't understand the point:

It's not telling you grandparent hugs are bad. It's telling you that ignoring other people's boundaries REGARDING THEIR OWN PHYSICAL BODY is bad.

This is especially important with kids, because it's important to teach kids that they're allowed to exercise bodily autonomy. If kids aren't taught that, it becomes far easier for someone to take advantage of them being trained to allow touching they don't want because they feel like they have to.

3

u/BlueNoyb 2h ago

Reminds of when I was telling a friend of how I couldn't believe the big boss at work simply didn't understand why he couldn't give a friendly pat on the shoulder or arm to his (mostly female) subordinates. I expected her to be disgusted, like I was, at his inability to comprehend he can't touch people just because he wants too. Nope, she was horrified and outraged that it's not ok to offer "comfort" to a colleague.

ETA: I just had another memory. When I was a kid and my parents separated and I didn't want my father hugging on me and he said "why don't you just beat me over the head with a baseball bat."