Do men need a license to be allowed socialise (MOD NOTE IN OP)

Do you speed read my posts ?

I said above ..

"Youre right about "some" women

The whiners on here are "generally" women who have been overlooked ..."

'Some' and 'generally' do not connote "all"

I am not afraid of "derision", Sir.

You may fear it - i don't

Just reporting on what I observe

But you see, it's not. Plenty of people have had a terrible youth but put it behind them and divert themselves away from a life of crime and drug addiction - sometimes with the help of services, mostly without. So my point is that a guilty as charged person awaiting sentencing whose defence solicitor tugs on the emotional strings of the judge with a sob story in order to gain a suspended sentence or a much reduced one is a tactic that is well played. I could argue that free legal aid solicitors engage in these tactics in the full knowledge that sooner or later they'll have the client back before the judge on further charges and the whole rinse and repeat cycle continues. Meanwhile the solicitor commands a hefty fee for his/her endeavours.

This is alot of where the problems exist in our legal system. I've a few friends who are guards and they'll tell you that they get disillusioned at times putting efforts into catching criminals - repeat criminals, only to have a judge slap them down with a paltry fine. Outside on the court steps the garda will get a sneering smirk and a middle finger from the "poor little thug" that the guard(s) worked hard to get a case into court.

But hey, who gives two hoots about all of this? The free legal aid solicitor? Nah, this is a game for them; the Judge? Nah, they will be going home to gated houses well away from all of the criminality; The criminals? not a hope - they know how to play the theatrics, put on a sob story and laugh afterwards.

Meanwhile, you'll get mouthpieces all over the media pointing the finger at society and in particular native Irish men - the ones who for the most part work hard and pay taxes to keep all this show on the road. The past week I think alot of men have had the time to really take a broad look at all of this and start to question it. They're dead right to start asking these questions and challenge the lazy narratives that are costing them in many ways - their wallet through taxes, their mental health and general reputation through ongoing media onslaughts about how we're constantly treating women like second class citizens.

There needs to be reform and the record needs to be changed.

There is a connection no doubt - but anger is probably not the overwhelming response to it. Disappointment and disillusioned along with poor morale are more common reactions than outright anger. I can imagine there are some that are angry with it, but they don't make up the majority of men.

It's one of the reasons.

I'm a fan of the saying "history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes". Happens throughout history in many different areas.

I wonder if we're headed a similar way to where we were historically. 50 years and more ago women were treated poorly in some segments of Irish society. Male only golf clubs, male only swimming areas, women not allowed to vote etc.

Through calls for equality all of those were rightly corrected.

But I can see men being pushed below women in the equality stakes in the future. We're already seeing it with gender quotas in business, politics.

McConkey already questioned if men need a licence to socialise.

I could definitely see calls in future for women only public transport or women only designated streets or pubs/restaurants etc.