OPINION:
Before the referendum result there were calls for muted markings of a potential Yes to preclude celebrations like those following the gay marriage referendum. How typical of male traditional privilege, to oblige a bowed head and sombre refl ection as we crossed the darkened door into a repealed Ireland; to fail to value the true import of this referendum against a shame-fi lled and shaming Irish history which has repeatedly not only denied, but repressed, imprisoned and destroyed women, their sexuality, and their bodies.