New controversial Ad in Ireland about consent

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[u/Ecstatic_Meeting_894]

Hot take- people DO understand the point. They just don’t care. Many many people are out there who hear, “kids have bodily autonomy and deserve to practice consent and boundaries,” and get FURIOUS at the idea that they will not be able to hug and kiss the children in their family because they believe their request for affection (from family specifically) is more important than what kids want. They do not view children as small humans, they view children as a separate entity undeserving of boundaries, autonomy, etc. Many people who believe kids HAVE to give hugs are also the people who still think hitting kids is ok, that kids don’t need mental health services, that don’t empower kids with the tools to report abuse from other adults. The venn diagram is more often than not a circle

[u/notnatasharostova → u/Ecstatic_Meeting_894]

Threads about child sexual abuse are invariably filled with people chest-thumping about how eager they are to see pedophiles physically harmed or killed. Yet threads about consent education and bodily autonomy are filled with ridicule. It is saddening how much more eager we are to performatively punish abuse after the fact than we are to protect children from it in the first place.

[u/PessimiStick → u/notnatasharostova]

Those tend to be the same people. They are gung-ho about punishing pedophiles because they want to hurt people, not because of any sense of justice. Those people also tend to be incredibly self-centered, so the child's feelings mean nothing. If they want a hug, they get a hug.

[u/Fun-Proposal5391 → u/PessimiStick]

Yes, it's an excuse to make threats of violence. Which they are likely to also do to people they hold power over, such as children.