Yet another young woman attacked by a male. When will it end?

^^^ more of the usual "training and education" bullcrap there @[Deleted User]

The problem with that , and the likes of consent training and so on, is that it is all totally preaching to the choir and the converted. The people who might be inclined to avail of that sort of training and actually take some sort of heed of it are probably not the sort of people who will be out battering harassing passersby and raping people.

The sort of scumbag or mentally ill person who does engage in that behaviour would not give 2 fuks about that sort of training, and if they were somehow made to attend it, they would just laugh at it and take no heed of it whatsoever. it would probably embolden them further if anything.

People just don't seem to understand the class of bastard you are dealing with when it comes to this sort of street harassment and violence.

@[Deleted User] i know you didn't mention consent. The point I am making is that any sort of "education" of that ilk, whether it be consent training, anti-violence training to teens or their parents, or any other sort, is not going to lodge with the target audience you need to get through to, because they are either not interested or incapable of taking it in.

Can you honestly imagine taking 10 scobie tracksuited teenagers into a room and preaching to them how they should respect people and not harass or assault them on the street? They'd laugh at you and probably throw a chair at you just to prove to you that they couldn't give a flying fuk about you, your opinion, basic respect, or anything else.

What is also nonsense is more Gardai. Aisling, the girl in Kilkenny, or the girl in Cork would still likely have been attacked if there were twice the number of gardai in the force. Unless you have a Garda at every street corner and every canal tow path and every off-road footpath, then it makes no difference because these bastards don't give a crap about the Gardai and know that they will get away with nearly most things short of a life murder.

What is the answer? I don't know. Show me someone who does have the answer then?

I'm thinking sentences should be increased and it might help some small bit, but that does nothing to curb those who are mentally deranged to do what they do because the have no empathy and are impulsive and can't help themselves.