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3. Findings > 3.3. Scenario 2. Dan and IsobelMembers of this male group also develop the view that going to the Gardaí is not a realistic option forIsobel to pursue:RESP 2: I think, kind of, Irish culture would like, you only go to the Gardaí in a real…RESP 8: Yeah.RESP 2: …what you’d see as a really serious situation… RESP 8: Yeah.RESP 5: Yeah, it’s almost…RESP 2: Maybe it’s just me like.RESP 5: …a last resort.SEVERAL RESPONDENTS: Yeah.RESP 2: … if he went and started having sex with her like, like definitely that’s like, you’d go to the guards butnot everybody would. Like, what he was saying over there that like, what the…what…what, I think, peopleportray rape as is penetrative…penetrative sex.INT: Yeah.RESP 8: And I guess, unfortunately, you might be, well for very…potentially would be like embarrassed to go tothe guards about something like that like.SEVERAL RESPONDENTS: Yeah.RESP 8: Even if…even if you really wanted to like.INT: Yeah.RESP 5: Well you’d wonder would the guards take it serious like...RESP 8: Yeah.RESP 5: …when you were drunk.RESP 8: Yeah.RESP 5: Like, “You’re a mess. Go home.”SEVERAL RESPONDENTS: Yeah.RESP 5: Like, I don’t mean that in a bad way but like…SEVERAL RESPONDENTS: Yeah, yeah.RESP 8: Yeah, no, you could very…RESP 5: Is…is that a…is that a…RESP 8: You would be afraid of that attitude like.RESP 5: Yeah, even if you weren’t met with that like, is that a fear that you’d have?RESP 8: Yeah. (M2)Dan’s capacity for regret is discused in this exchange. With alcohol discounted as a sufficient cause for hisactions it is believed that Dan showed that he had a bad character:INT: And then the next day, how do you think Dan would have felt about what happened?RESP 4: Hopefully sorry, but I don’t know.RESP 2: As [Participant Name] said earlier, it totally depends on the type of person he is, you know? But I can’t…it doesn’t seem like he was drunk enough that he would look back and be like “What was I doing?” It seemslike he was kind of with it enough…RESP 1: Yeah.RESP 4: Yeah, definitely.RESP 2: …to know what he was doing.INT: Yeah.RESP 2: So I don’t think it was just this…and I think regardless of how drunk you are, I sort of feel like you’rethe type of person that would do that or you aren’t.34 Young People, Alcohol, and Sex: What’s Consent Got to Do With It?