Irish Times Journalist Links the Purchase of Sex to Rape

[Sancho Panza]

Has anyone else read this pretty bizarre article by Una Mullally in the Irish Times? She implies that men as a group bear some responsibility for the appalling beatings, rapes and murders of women that are perpetrated by a small minority of men. She outlines her reasons for this in the following paragraph:

Men, of course, argue that this generalisation is unfair, that it demonises blokes who are non-violent and deplore such behaviour. Yet every group of guys has a buddy who is a little wayward, and whose behaviour towards women is dubious. Many men remain silent when the lads suggest a strip club on a stag night, even if they are uncomfortable with it. Most guys probably have a suspicion that a male close to them has bought sex. You can’t tar every man with the same brush, but men must accept that most violent crimes perpetrated against women are by men, and that they have the power to stop this.

So there you have it: if a man visits visits strip clubs or escorts, he is well on his way to becoming a violent rapist. Is this what passes for journalism in the Irish Times these days?

[ladiesman217]

Oh for the love of..... Narrow minded f*cking bigots! It's people like her that are holding back the next stage of human evolution

Round them all up, invent a time machine and send them back to the dark ages where they belong!

[ocred]

I stopped reading newspapers a couple of years ago. It's nice to be reminded that I'm not missing anything

[NoBrain2]

I stopped reading newspapers a couple of years ago. It's nice to be reminded that I'm not missing anything

i think ill stop too

[screwloose]

that trash is like something you would have read in the Weekly World News

[john connor]

Says a lot about the editor and the general agenda against all of us at the minute.
If a man wrote a similar piece against women it would be front page news the next day.

[Cassandra]

She should be writing for Jezebel.

[JAMESCORK]

Has anyone else read this pretty bizarre article by Una Mullally in the Irish Times? She implies that men as a group bear some responsibility for the appalling beatings, rapes and murders of women that are perpetrated by a small minority of men. She outlines her reasons for this in the following paragraph:



So there you have it: if a man visits visits strip clubs or escorts, he is well on his way to becoming a violent rapist. Is this what passes for journalism in the Irish Times these days?

Think we are being a bit harsh there Sancho. Unless it was stated earlier in the article I dont see any reference to rape. A lot of what she says is true. Some guys don't feel comfortable in strip clubs. Just cos you and I may doesn't mean all do. Furthermore we all know that some punters out there are bastards and treat the girls badly or even harm them. You and I are not of this type. You and I deplore these type of pricks. If we knew one of these was in our company would we take steps to sort him out. Is this what she is saying. If you read the article again with this in mind you may see a different interpretation.

My only criticism is she seems to see the need to pigeon hole men that buy sex as one of these types.

[Davidgolf]

She just sounds like a man hater to me

[Irish Leigha]

Has anyone else read this pretty bizarre article by Una Mullally in the Irish Times? She implies that men as a group bear some responsibility for the appalling beatings, rapes and murders of women that are perpetrated by a small minority of men. She outlines her reasons for this in the following paragraph:



So there you have it: if a man visits visits strip clubs or escorts, he is well on his way to becoming a violent rapist. Is this what passes for journalism in the Irish Times these days?

What an absolute load of BS..... I could go on a rant but unfortunately I'm not going to give these small minded people my head space!