[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

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And I think they probably dealt with him/his character as harshly as he could have been dealt with at the time, it just wasn't considered sexual assault or rape back then (horribly and wrongly) him being made out as a sleazy pervert was about as much as he could get

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…yeah, it was dealt with well, I have to say…because even ‘of its time’, it didn’t portray that behaviour and those actions from George as being any acceptable thing, it was shown as him being perverted…I mean, Dessie wasn’t that man…it was very specific at being that one older guy…what was nice, I thought…is how much mindsets had actually moved on…(…I’m thinking about mindsets and judgement with things like the Magdalene Laundries…)…and how accepting the family and outer community were with single motherhood…the judgement being laid was that it was that older pervert, George…and even now in these times…?…there would be some judgement in Sharon also for being a victim….on social media etc…we see similar stuff often, that older guy just couldn’t help himself, poor thing……