The policing of women BY women. Shame is a powerful force in #Ireland
"You need to bring your skirt down,β hissed the stranger, in the tone of voice that mams use when youβre playing up in Mass, somehow a simultaneous shout and whisper.
βSorry?β I asked.
βYou need to pull it down, your whole bottom is on show,β she replied.
I made the incorrect assumption that she meant well. It happens to the best of us.
βNo, Iβm wearing shorts under the skirt,β I tried to explain kindly.
βItβsΒ a disgrace,β she responded, telling me everything I needed to know...
(fuck 'em. I suspect a lot of residual shame here is from embedded Catholic roots)
https://archive.ph/WYJnp
#IE #Mastodaoine
