Video on Hugging Consent Taken Down After Criticism

Minister for Justice slams 'demeaning' consent ad involving grandparents

The Minister of Justice has called an ad surrounding consent involving grandparents ‘demeaning.’ The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre had begun a media campaign surrounding discussions on consensual hugs and embraces, including between grandparents and grandchildren. The three online video ads feature grandparents arriving at a front door and enthusiastically hugging a young boy, while a […]

DRCC removes consent video labelled ‘inappropriate and demeaning’ to grandparents

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) has removed a social media advertisement about consent featuring grandparents hugging their grandchildren.

Video on hugging consent taken down after criticism

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has taken down three online video advertisements related to its 'We Consent' campaign, following criticism of one advert in particular.

Irish government funded advert ‘demeaning’ to grandparents dropped after backlash

The government funded advert from Dublin Rape Crisis Centre had depicted a young girl recoiling before a hug from her grandparents.

Jim O'Callaghan hits out at 'demeaning' advertisement by Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

The video shows two grandparents arriving at a house, with one grandson happy to receive a hug, and a granddaughter expressing discomfort. 'Not everyone wants a hug,' it says

Behind the Gag: We Consent Fiasco Underlines Dublin Rape Crisis Centre’s NGO Politicisation

Not for the first time has a foolish PR campaign for a progressive cause blown back in the faces of the NGO class in Ireland with a stinker of an ad campaign by WeConsent.ie (an effective offshoot of the Dublin […]