Don't Come Out Until You're Sorry, or To Whom Do You Need to Atone?

In this episode Dara admits he didn't realise it was International Men's Day, and a tweet suggesting what men should be reflecting on for the big day triggered something defensive in him.

Before examining that reaction, Dara talks about a recent night in with his cousin and their respective daughters that didn't go quite as he anticipated, but was arguably the better for it.

In the context of sexual politics and the male perspective, Dara revisits and very much enjoys the 1971 Mike Nichols film Carnal Knowledge, which he argues has aged very well, conveying as it does a very believable depiction of how straight men relate to and talk about their objects of desire.

The second half of the episode is an examination of the idea of atonement, which is Dara's response to the aforementioned tweet. He questions the value of atonement and wonders if anybody should be entitled to expect that of anybody else. Contrition, guilt, punishment and forgiveness are connected concepts that are also considered. But the real question is - what do we owe anybody?

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