Stanford Rape Case: Irish males’ reaction to victim impact statement goes viral

Last week, as the Stanford victim impact statement was read around the world, Irish male voices began to speak out about rape culture.

Screenwriter David Keeling posted a short essay on Twitter that subsequently went viral.

“Rape culture is a difficult thing to get your head around,” he wrote. “It really is. Especially when you’ve lived the majority of your life completely oblivious to it. This is something that many men just weren’t aware of until recently. Many men still aren’t. The extent of it. How ingrained and ubiquitous it is.