What does the girl think about what she did? How does she she herself? What happened to her?
Troy Green - 10 years ago
Good one, Closer Magazine. I agree that we shouldn't be responsible for our own actions - it's all the fault of people cheering us on. I relished your similar article defending the rioters in cities across the UK a few sumers ago, and your article saying that Jimmy Savile is a poor victim because someone should have stopped him.
Is the girl responsible for her actions? Yes. Does being drunk excuse it? No. People are held responsible in court for their actions whilst drunk, so why does it differ here?
I also struggle with the concept that the people decrying her actions are all anti-feminist "slut-shamers". I would say the anti-feminist perpetuating poor attitudes to women is the girl performing oral sex for €3 of drink - and her apologists. She is projecting the image that women are objects to be used for sex, and at such a low price. I also find it rather sexist and patronising that the article implies that the girl was goaded into it, whereas the men and the DJ did it with forethought. Are you suggesting girls can't think for themselves?
I'm not saying that she is the only party to blame, by any stretch of the imagination. The 24 willing volunteers are equally disgusting, and they give an equally bad image to men. The fact that they all thought that it would be a bit of a laugh to expose themselves for a public sex act is a sad symptom of "lad culture". No wonder there are so many STDs around...
The venue and the DJ are perhaps the most disgusting of all - the DJ for opting for the lowest common denominator to draw in the crowds, and the venue for providing him that platform. It always shows a lack of intelligence and imagination when this point is reached.
Overall though, this sort of thing is supply and demand. The venue has provided lowest common denominator entertainment, and people have gone along to lap it up. How can you really blame them, when Primark make lowest common denominator clothes in sweat shops, and Tesco provide lowest common denominator chickens raised in battery farms?
The best way to stop these things, with the current setup we have is to vote with your feet, and make the businesses realise. Stop blaming others for the way of the world while supporting their actions, and do what small things you can - and that applies whether you're out drinking on holiday, or shopping at the supermarket. If we all do it, it will make a difference.
Sammy - 10 years ago
Everybody has there own opinion on this matter but, I really don't think it has anything to do with anybody else. I'm sure at the time ( very drunk) she was enjoying herself. I bet once she woke up the next morning she felt ashamed and will be suffering. She does not need people telling her there thoughts about it.
What does the girl think about what she did? How does she she herself? What happened to her?
Good one, Closer Magazine. I agree that we shouldn't be responsible for our own actions - it's all the fault of people cheering us on. I relished your similar article defending the rioters in cities across the UK a few sumers ago, and your article saying that Jimmy Savile is a poor victim because someone should have stopped him.
Is the girl responsible for her actions? Yes. Does being drunk excuse it? No. People are held responsible in court for their actions whilst drunk, so why does it differ here?
I also struggle with the concept that the people decrying her actions are all anti-feminist "slut-shamers". I would say the anti-feminist perpetuating poor attitudes to women is the girl performing oral sex for €3 of drink - and her apologists. She is projecting the image that women are objects to be used for sex, and at such a low price. I also find it rather sexist and patronising that the article implies that the girl was goaded into it, whereas the men and the DJ did it with forethought. Are you suggesting girls can't think for themselves?
I'm not saying that she is the only party to blame, by any stretch of the imagination. The 24 willing volunteers are equally disgusting, and they give an equally bad image to men. The fact that they all thought that it would be a bit of a laugh to expose themselves for a public sex act is a sad symptom of "lad culture". No wonder there are so many STDs around...
The venue and the DJ are perhaps the most disgusting of all - the DJ for opting for the lowest common denominator to draw in the crowds, and the venue for providing him that platform. It always shows a lack of intelligence and imagination when this point is reached.
Overall though, this sort of thing is supply and demand. The venue has provided lowest common denominator entertainment, and people have gone along to lap it up. How can you really blame them, when Primark make lowest common denominator clothes in sweat shops, and Tesco provide lowest common denominator chickens raised in battery farms?
The best way to stop these things, with the current setup we have is to vote with your feet, and make the businesses realise. Stop blaming others for the way of the world while supporting their actions, and do what small things you can - and that applies whether you're out drinking on holiday, or shopping at the supermarket. If we all do it, it will make a difference.
Everybody has there own opinion on this matter but, I really don't think it has anything to do with anybody else. I'm sure at the time ( very drunk) she was enjoying herself. I bet once she woke up the next morning she felt ashamed and will be suffering. She does not need people telling her there thoughts about it.