Sarah Harte: Are we living in the age of rage?
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said this week that domestic violence remains a taboo subject and highlighted the impact of violent porn.Â
It feels like we’ve gotten angrier. It’s the age of rage. Anger often masks other emotions, such as powerlessness or fear. I feel this a lot at the moment. The trip switch goes up—too many personal worries against a background of global carnage and economic turmoil.
However, a specific brand of misogynistic rage is directed against women and girls because of their gender. It’s not new. Our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers lived with it.
