r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ArcherVisible5866 • 5h ago

Video New controversial Ad in Ireland about consent

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u/Additional-Sock8980 3h ago

The line is reasonable behaviour and some reasonable effort to say no.

There has to be a line. I once met someone who reported someone because she felt the person was having thoughts she didn’t like. No sexual or touch thoughts, just thought she didn’t like. The person wasn’t having those thoughts.

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u/Critical_Object2276 3h ago

That would suggest that some sexual contact is ok if the other person doesn’t say no.

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u/Additional-Sock8980 2h ago

Obviously not.

However I don’t see a world where it becomes “hello, do I have consent to offer you a handshake.”

“ I do consent to your offer, do you consent to me making the first move and putting my hand out for a handshake? “

“I do consent to that and now I will also respond in kind. Do you now consent to our hands touching to preform a handshake?”

Fundamentally people need to learn to read body language in schools and to become comfortable putting boundaries in place. In that ad,hand up and say oh no I don’t do physical contact, but it’s good to see you; is absolutely fine. I’m fed up of the nice couple being made out to be predators in this ad, when the internet adds its views in.

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u/Critical_Object2276 2h ago

Who’s making them out to be predators?