Fergus Finlay: We need to take a stand and make misogyny a criminal offence

A computer-generated pornographic image of Gráinne Seoige was circulated online prior to the election in November.

Another woman raises her head and decides to have a go at politics. Good on her. Except this was Gráinne Seoige, who had done nothing wrong except to show a bit of ambition for public service. So someone decides to attack and demean her by using artificial intelligence to make a pornographic image of her and put it online.

She’s not the first woman to be attacked for having the temerity to show a public face, although this may be the first time AI was used. Again and again, women in public life are being made the object of disgusting misogyny. In fact, women are being driven out of public life by it.