Irish artist creates searing cartoon in response to the Stanford rape case

An Irish artist has a message for men, from women, created in response to the

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Brock Turner, 20, was sentenced to six months after being found guilty of three counts of sexual assault - the Californian judge said he feared a longer sentence would have a “severe impact” on Turner, a champion swimmer who was destined for the Olympics (a point which was repeatedly brought up in the trial).

It has generated a huge amount of discussion over how the courts - and also society - handle sexual assault and rape, with the victim’s powerful statement, in particular, being widely shared.

Ask any woman and she will likely have at least one experience of the following: unwanted advances, groping by strangers, being followed home, domestic violence, catcalling, sexual harassment, stalking, sexual assault and rape. The hashtag #YesAllWomen has been used in recent years as women share these stories online.

The counter movement to that is #NotAllMen, used to argue that not all men are predators.

Ciara Kenny (who you might remember from

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“We're not talking about you.

We're talking about your friend, your colleague, your brother, the one that shouts lewd remarks at women on the street for 'banter' (“nice rack!”)

The one that gropes strangers in nightclubs.

The one that thinks rape jokes are funny.

Maybe take him aside and have a word. Maybe tell him to cop on ("Lad, grow the f*ck up, would ya?")”

Ciara Kenny/Twitter

It reads in full:

Road safety ad campaigns are aimed at and seen by all drivers, not just the irresponsible ones.

You're probably one of the good drivers ("No penalty points on this bad boi!")

Most of your mates are probably good drivers too, but some of them... some of them aren't.

Some of them drive too fast, or too carelessly, or too aggressively, making life difficult for other roads users.

If someone you knew behaved like that, you'd probably have a word. You'd probably tell them to cop on ("Lad, grow the f*ck up, would ya?")

You wouldn't complain about having to watch an ad about speeding, because while you know that it might not be very relevant to you, that doesn't mean that it's not relevant to ANYONE.

You wouldn't shout, "NOT ALL DRIVERS"

So, when people try to have a conversation about rape culture, violence against women, street harassment, or general misogyny, and you feel it's not representing you, before you valiantly jump to the defence of all the good men out there.

Maybe realise that we're not talking about you.

We're talking about your friend, your colleague, your brother, the one that shouts lewd remarks at women on the street for 'banter' (“nice rack!”)

The one that gropes strangers in nightclubs.

The one that thinks rape jokes are funny.

Maybe take him aside and have a word. Maybe tell him to cop on ("Lad, grow the f*ck up, would ya?")

And maybe, just maybe, you could change something.

Maybe stop shouting #NOTALLMEN and instead remember #YESALLWOMEN

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."