Dr Órfhlaith Campbell

Anti-prohibitionist.
Drug researcher.
Historian.
Socialist.
ADHD
Abortion/Miscarriage.
North of Ireland.

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

📢Dr Órfh's Tote Bags 📢

Creating something tangible has been a big part of my recovery and of course I was going to connect it to my activism.

Bags are up now on my Buy Me A Coffee Shop.

Links for each bag below!

[Adult Human Problem (they/any) 🇵🇸 @bice_mx]

It's weird how saying "don't touch children against their will" is so offensive to so SO many people...

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

@MuinteoirChris Funny for a guy who has highlighted his own educational level in his user name 🤣

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

The hyperbolic language and reaction to a ad highlighting the need for safe adults to also prioritise consent is demonstrating the widespread and deep rooted issues Ireland (a deeply mysgonistic society) continues to have with consent.

Depressing.

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

@mairtinrooney Gosh what a funny guy 🥱

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

Oh the irony🤣

[Jon Burrows MLA @JonBurrowsMLA]

Every time Mary Lou comes to Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin’s ministers look like her supporting cast. Why are they not trusted to speak for themselves?

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

@hereforthe87007 Your argument is that teaching children to say no means they can say yes. Disturbing!

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

The people willing to argue that "kids don't have bodily autonomy" are seriously concerning!

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

@cunnyfunt02 @Mcphierson Saying that teaching children and adults about consent as part of the wider conversation on bodily autonomy is not conflating unwanted physical touch to rape. It is simply a rape charity branching out to all elements of the consent conversation.

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

Adult " Hey grandchild/niece/nephew/family friend, it's so good to see you. Can I have a hug?

Child: "Sure"

*Hugs*

Child: "No thanks"

Adult: "No problem, I'm just so happy to see you!"

Where is the issue?

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

Watch how the British press is about to hold Meghan more accountable for the crimes of her father than they held Andrew for the rape of minors or any other members of the Royal family for protecting and shielding him.

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

This Thomas Markle story is shocking, and if guilty, he must face full force of the law. But it raises a lot of questions: if police alerted Meghan in 2018 to allegations so serious she ended all contact, why was he not arrested? And why did she not go public to protect others?

[Grannies4Equality @grannies4equal]

So many right wingers coming out to put the woman's desire for a kiss above the child's desire to be left alone.

So the child should learn to accept that their body must be available for another person's gratification?

Consent shd be modeled & respected from toddlerhood.

[Aidan Comerford @AidanCTweets]

It seems this is a case of our government having a kneejerk reaction to Religious Right international pressure, and we really should be past withdrawing ads about consent at the behest of the Religious Right in Ireland, for obvious reasons, right?

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

I'm going to wake up to the anti-woke American replies, aren't I?! 🙈

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

@grumpycorkchef Under 18s cannot consent to sexual touch. For them the conversation on consent has to be about any and all physical touch. This starts within the family and empowering children to know it is safe to say no to any unwanted touch.

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

The first child in the ad hugs the grandparents. The second child is uncomfortable with physical touch. The ad is highlighting differences in childrens needs and the imp of consent. It is not campaigning against grandparents. Dear god in heaven!!!

[Jim O'Callaghan TD @OCallaghanJim]

It goes without saying that having loving grandparents in a child’s life is an incredibly positive thing to be cherished and not something to be campaigned against.

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

@TessaSchlesingr You thought I might like to read a chat gpt reply?

[Thomas Necchi @rabiddogkt]

Consent exists in every relationship. Deeply weird to get angry over the idea that young people have boundaries.

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

@CathMonaghan Is Órfhlaith pretentious?! 🤣

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

What a day!

The idea that children should shoulder the discomfort of unwanted physical touch because the adults can't handle the discomfort of a conversation on consent if mind blowing 🤯

So many adults who clearly need to build a bit of resiliency.

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

@gmake "children need to decifer malicious intent" 🚩

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

The idea that the conversation around consent is only about rape is problematic. Consent conversation is also about empowerment, bodily autonomy, boundaries and respect for others.

[Descent @Mcphierson]

@drorfh Such blatant ageism is something I find disgusting, your conflating elderly relatives hugging loved ones to rape. I think what people like you fail to perceive there is a nuance here and massive differences or maybe you don’t which is evil

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

@cursedbyaclown1 Saying that grandparents should respect kids consent is not demonising grandparents. Such a silly argument. The ad being pulled was disgraceful. The reaction shows we desperately need this conversation on consent for physical touch.

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

Bless 🤣

[Catherine Sexton Monaghan @CathMonaghan]

@drorfh Oh so PhD? Not an actual Doctor? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Dr Órfhlaith Campbell @drorfh]

@diecou @johhnywtnq Children don't have to conform to unwanted touch to be kind and caring.

[Grannies4Equality @grannies4equal]

We are not demeaned by this video

Isn't this the very problem?
The feelings of older relatives prioritised over the discomfort of children

It was like that in my childhood
Nothing has changed

Kids need to know their discomfort matters, & we will pay attention to it
#WeConsent