@David Huston: Mary Lou was great¡ My head hurts. Mediocrities abound in our political circles…

@Alan Scott: to be fair that happens on both sides and it helps neither. It’s a marked sign of a person that can’t back up a point

@Alan Scott: wow straight to “women make stuff up” rather than “this shit actually happens to women”. And while you’re having a moment for your friends you might also like to think about and put yourself in the place of women who are trying to make a choice about their lives and their futures rather than judge them.

@Deborah Behan: You are a person exactly what I am talking about.
Have your moment of glory

@Alan Scott: what moment of glory? She’s saying women should be listened to more and their claims be treated seriously rather than with immediate doubt. Heaven forbid a bit of common sense.

@Alan Scott: I think you need to take the blinders off alan. I’ve had my side mirror broken off my car and keyed twice since I put a repeal sticker on it.

@Harry N: it can’t be just women that we’re harassed . Men must have been hit on by women in high places as well when is all that going to materialise… ???

@windbag: Terry Crews has already spoken out about being sexually assaulted it was by a man though so that mind not meet your criteria

@Alan Scott: no, no, no , no, no it’s not my time in the spot light. It’s about my daughter, my sister, my mother, my friends. All women. It’s about a rape victim that had her underwear shown to the jury. It’s about women who finally have the courage to stand up to their abusers. It’s about the women who couldn’t physically or financially or mentally go through a pregnancy. It’s all the things you don’t think about because it never comes up in your life.

@Dave O Keeffe: Maybe if you read her post again.

@Deborah Behan: Deborah there’s no way in having a reasonable debate with you. I am out-of here I can understand the silence now and where it’s coming from.. I wish you well.

@Deborah Behan: Deborah if you go back to my first post in reply to Harry Hudson My first line was no man or woman should have to suffer any abuse from what ever quarter it comes from.

@Harry N: fair play Gabriel, he he is right, people who prey on woman like this need to be publicly shamed and ostracised.

@Alan Scott: I read it clearly the first time, no glory mentioned at all. Your first short sentence was followed by several qualifying sentences, all in context you clearly don’t really believe that first sentence enough for it to be a stand alone statement from you. Also, a polite hint, when you say you’re leaving because you don’t want to discuss the issue with a particular person it just looks silly if you come back twenty minutes later and have a pop at the same person again, especially when they didn’t reply to you when you announced your departure.

@Harry N: He kept it a secret for years that Weinstein was a bully. He is the very definition of a coward.

@Nick Drake: Stop trying to dilute the metoo movement with your own bigoted agenda will you, this movement didn’t come about because of feminism it came about because certain women were being threatened with rape and murdered and being raped and sexually harassed!

@Nick Drake: if someone was sexually assaulted where does someone’s opinion come into it?

@neilo: I think it’s a type of painting or art or something.

@neilo: A terrible comment and probably a terrible truth.

@The flute smoker: maybe just stick to smoking flute from now on.

@nolblog: thats my job bra’h

@Patrick J. O’Rourke: Tubridy! first of all anyone/any cause going in front of that – I will be calm – man (there because of his \Dad) is really a bit rich. I get Gabriel Byrne’s comment but somehow I feel this is all false its just the latest fad, metoo, blacklivesmatter etc etc all Americanisms which are totally consumed with. Somewhere in there is a noble cause – just hard to take the message from messengers like this.

@Deborah Behan: What does that have to do with anything. I’m no fan of Breitbart and they have noting to do with this issue. What are you talking about? I work in the industry and he has said some very pertinent and controversial things/truth about the industry in the last few days and I was just waiting to see if Tubs was going to raise them. You really are confused.

@Paul Culligan: maybe they weren’t able to because they knew their careers would be over?

@Siobhán Ni Mhurchú: So they sacrificed their own esteem for money and fame? I get it. But individually or collectively, they did nothing for the respect of femininity.

@Paul Culligan: Even though he may have a knife or gun in his pocket. Tell your missus to give your daughters the correct advice – as you’ve failed in your duty!

@Siobhán Ni Mhurchú: self respect and morals are probably more important than an acting gig

@Hardly Normal: agreed ..but some aspiring actresses didn’t think so ..

@Bruce Miller: At the very least, learn self defence, instead of taking it like a sissy. If you’re going down, you’re going down brother, but get enough DNA to convict, even if it means swallowing a chunk of face or hand. The target of the assailant shouldn’t be an easy target. Your particular stance is what has the world like it is.

@neilo: theres no mention of children here, so don’t be getting all distorted and emotional. Thats a seperate issue. That pig Weinstein hasn’t been accused of paedophilia, as of yet.

@Paul Culligan: taking it like a sissy ? Would you say that to your daughter if she was being attacked by someone with a weapon and she couldn’t fight back because the attacker may kill her ?? I would assume you would prefer your daughter to survive the attack in whatever way she could ..

@Paul Culligan: Yes – learn self defence. At last, you’re getting some common sense!

@Siobhán Ni Mhurchú: well then i think personal responsibility comes into play to a certain degree and probably education on such matters. I don’t agree with the #metoo campaign , it’s too easy to smear someone who doesn’t deserve it and ruin their lives but at the same time it’s bringing awareness and that’s the key in my opinion. Women in such situations should just walk away! If they can’t it’s a totally different situation.

@Siobhán Ni Mhurchú: I’d prefer my daughter to go all-out animal. if you find yourself in a situation like that, the attacker has already planned and decided his move. What he hasn’t factored into the equation is unexpected resistance and a volitile prey. Passive approaches don’t work, unless a gun is produced. A lot of women are dead, and evidence is lacking, because they made it easy for the attacker. Likewise, the reason that people like the pig Weinstein got away with it for so long, is that women made it easy for them.

@Paul Culligan: going all out animal against someone bigger and physically stronger will likely result in the woman not only being raped but probably having the sh*te kicked out of her as well

@Paul Culligan: any comment on how to stop men from actually attacking women? It’s not an unsolvable problem. Women should learn self defense because,you know, MEN!!! How privileged are you? You go out and learn self defense because we’re not going to stop. We will hold each and every man accountable. So either teach yourself and boys how to respect women and not attack women or we will.

@Paul Culligan: wow, talk about victim-blaming. No Paul, the reason this went on so long is because those in authority abused their power. It is never the victim’s fault. Far, far, far too often the child or woman isn’t believed – s/he is looking for attention or misinterpreted the incident, sure he can have anyone he wants why would he assault someone? In the US many of Dr Nassar’s victims told their parents and weren’t believed. Just look at how unmarried mothers were treated in this country by everyone from the family, neighbours, Church and state. Look at what she was wearing, why did she have that extra drink, what did she expect?
Look at the comments here to see many have decided that women who have shared their stories with #metoo still aren’t being believed.

@Paul Culligan: “they did nothing for the respect of femininity” “instead of taking it like a sissy” You are victim blaming in the most vile way. If she’s not black and blue then it was her fault?

Do you honestly believe that when experiencing the horror of rape a woman is thinking dispassionately about gathering DNA? We all think we’d fight and scream but the reality is that in the majority of cases women experience an involuntary paralysis with as many as 50% reporting extreme paralysis while being sexually assaulted. With your kind of attitude it’s no wonder women feel shame and guilt and decide not to report. Shame on you.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/women-involuntary-paralysis-freeze-rape-fight-back_us_5936f8e7e4b0099e7faff1dc

@Paul Culligan: do you read over your comments ? Twice you said victims make it easy for their attackers . I agree that evidence is important..like under the finger nails etc. But at the end if the day you want the woman /sister/daughter to survive and be able to come home ..not to end up dead because she tried to fight back . Do not blame a victim for being passive in an attack . For them it’s about survival .

@Paul Culligan: I agree totally if women learned martial arts cowards like this would be absolutely terrified – they’d probably stick to masterbating.

@Deborah Behan: You speak of men, and say nothing at all about women. Walk around the city any night of the week and watch the female loudmouth bullies fighting. Some of them would outdo the men. You need defence against them too. But thats the very aggression that I talk about when I say that women need to butch up against bullies.

@EillieEs: Watch any Self Defence instruction video and you will learn that that ‘paralysis’ derives from an untrained victim. Theres no excuse for not being trained. My own children would frequently ask, ‘Dad, what if someone grabbed you from behind, like this’, and I would show them the fastest possible way to break a nose, gouge an eye or render an attacker inoperable. They are not living in a world of fear, but have a better chance than most, if it happens. I want my daughters in that 50% that don’t experience extreme paralysis, but I most certainly don’t want them associated with emotional states, just like what youre throwing out there. That’s what causes loss…emotion. Spartan women never had it, and were greatly feared.

@Siobhán Ni Mhurchú: Passiveness only gets you killed. We are living in a different world now.

@Paul Culligan: passiveness will not get you killed .. I’m not suggesting you don’t put up some struggle but fighting back will get you killed.. the attacker would get more and more aggressive ..

@Paul Culligan: here paul, why don’t you try listening to women sometime instead of trying to push your shit, ignorant advice on them.
regards,
women