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thetimes.co.uk/bulletinsI
n Zara McDermott: Uncovering
Rape Culture it didn’t take long to
identify the culprit behind sexual
harassment in schools. Step
forward hardcore porn; freely
available 24/7 to young boys with no
one seeming that bothered to stop it.
If your introduction to sex is a video
of a teenage girl being violently
“railed” by two men, is it any wonder
your view of women is so skewed that
you think you can walk up to one,
shove your hand down their leggingsand say, “I’m going to “f*** you right
now”? This is what happened to
McDermott when she was 21, her
attacker a mere schoolboy. Had
members of the public not intervened
she thinks he would have raped her.
The programme featured rather
depressing interviews with teenage
boys who seemed baffled that girls
were hostile when they walked up to
them and said: “You have a nice body.”
“It’s a compliment,” they said,
shrugging. When the girls explained
that sexualising someone as an opener
isn’t ideal, the boys vaguely seemed to
get it. But one said: “Girls need to
listen to both sides. Help us learn.
Anger won’t lead to anything.” Hello?
Girls ARE angry and rightly so after
the recent horrific rapes and murders
of young women in the news.
The sense of entitlement among
certain boys was shocking. Texts from
one who had allegedly choked a girl
during sex read: “I’m a handsome
Etonian. I’m a name, a face, a god.
You’re nothing. You’re scum, love.” It
read like a spoof.
But it is the shadowy porn channel
bosses who should answer for
fostering this “women enjoy it rough”
culture. McDermott visited the British
offices of MindGeek, which operates
many websites including Pornhub. But
the former Love Island contestant is no
tenacious investigative journalist. “Oh,
there’s no one in? OK,” she said and,er, left. However, it was an interesting
documentary, making a strong case
against freely available porn. How
boys and men see and treat women
really matters, as the tragic case of a
raped 12-year-old girl who took her
own life proved. Whoever thought
that limitless free pornography was a
good idea? It’s a hellscape.
When the journalism gig dries up I’d
consider becoming an undertaker in
Shetland. Those dudes must be raking
it in. Even nuns weren’t safe as the
body count mounted for Shetland’s
series finale. Now we know who killed
Alex Galbraith, yet I wasn’t convinced
by the culprit or that so many people
would have colluded in it.
The writers couldn’t have
constructed a more labyrinthine path
to get here, but the funny thing is I
enjoyed it, especially DI Perez’s angry
voice as he demanded to know where
Marie-Ann, whose death had been
covered up by the group, was buried
(he was standing on her. Nice touch).
Shetland is classy entertainment, but
I wouldn’t recommend watching it if
you’re depressed. Or anxious. Levity
is not to be found here. Something else
bothered me too. Perez (Douglas
Henshall), whose arrest for covering
up an assisted death tees up the next
series, wore a Shetland wool jumper
with no T-shirt underneath. Utterly
horrific. That’s itching hell. But then
he is a hair-shirt kind of chap.A strong case against freely available porn
SLATER KINGCarol
Midgley
TV review
Shetland
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Uncovering Rape Culture
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