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Why isn't there any mainstream media focus on British men rape who molest and rape, women and children? But just 'the boat people' ?! Evil/badness exists everywhere!

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Betchygreen · 23/04/2026 19:27

I'm an immigrant of white British/European descent and I saw a headline today in the mainstream media about 'rape meaning sex' pleaded according to asylum seekers who have recently tried at court for rape.

What's going on? If I had to report a (my) white British rapist, I really don't think it would've made headlines. Nor would've any other abuse. White Male British men seem to get off with impunity, or I know are ever accused and formally charged.

I feel it is a shocking abuse of power that only newcomers and brown skinned/other culture peoples are singled out.

Why is it that the UK remains so very much patriarchal and oppressive towards women and children? Why are we not centred in such as way that it as important for women and children to thrive in our society and culture as it is for men of any/whichever long standing class? Is it classicism or what is it? Explain it to me, I truly don't understand why it has to be like this other than those who get a rise out of feeling powerful and in control of others?

OP posts:
EasternStandard · 24/04/2026 12:59

nomas · 24/04/2026 12:57

If you are going to imply that other people should be grateful to be in the UK then expect to be challenged yourself.

You don't want to say where you are based but feel fine interrogating me. Make it make sense.

Since you seem to follow my posts it’s obvious I’m in the U.K.

On that note, go for it and engage with others. Enjoy.

Meadowfinch · 24/04/2026 12:59

nomas · 23/04/2026 21:07

No one is defending them. But funny how every thread is hijacked and taken over and becomes about grooming gangs.

Why don't you ever want to talk about what white rapists do? What about the white man called john Ashby who pleaded guilty this week to raping a Sikh woman in her home and calling her a 'fucking Muslim bitch?'

Perhaps that is because the grooming gangs have not been dealt with. I was an undergrad in South London in the 80s and it was happening then, yet Sadiq Khan still pretends it doesn't exist 40 years later.

When the govt and police actually deal with the issue, we can stop talking about it.

nomas · 24/04/2026 12:57

EasternStandard · 24/04/2026 12:53

Gosh to user name attacks, you must be feeling rattled. No I’m not in the US, it’s not how u/n work it’s from something else anyway.

If you don’t want to engage then don’t, I’m happy if you don’t quote me at all and I’ll do the same.

If you are going to imply that other people should be grateful to be in the UK then expect to be challenged yourself.

You don't want to say where you are based but feel fine interrogating me. Make it make sense.

filofaxdouble · 24/04/2026 12:56

Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 11:58

This is a country where men will rape and/or sexually assault women in public and be applauded for it, passerbys will turn a blind eye to it, no-one will give testimony against the assailants etc. Women are raped in buses, tubes, in town centres... And they won't face prosecution either.

Billionaires, millionaires and paupers- we all produce men that treat women with wanton disregard; because in the West as elsewhere, they can do so with impunity. We are not better where this is concerned.

Yes we are. Of course we are! What a silly fantasist statement!

Would you rather walk through a square in Cairo, Kabul or London?

You may be privileged enough to claim that it’s just as bad here as any of these other countries knowing that you will never have to go there and actually experience it but that doesn’t make any of it true. Lots of bad things happening here doesn’t make it just as bad or equivalent to somewhere else.

This is the new champagne socialism.

EasternStandard · 24/04/2026 12:56

Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 12:52

Literally! Just nonsensical really.

I'm an immigrant in this country and not any of the others, so it's quite obvious where I'd prefer to be.

Only the good Lord knows why recognising our men are as rapey as any other, means I don't want to be here.

Perhaps all here prefer a western democracy then. Great I agree, part of the reason is it’s better for women and girls. Disagree or not up to you.

nomas · 24/04/2026 12:55

Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 12:52

Literally! Just nonsensical really.

I'm an immigrant in this country and not any of the others, so it's quite obvious where I'd prefer to be.

Only the good Lord knows why recognising our men are as rapey as any other, means I don't want to be here.

Exactly. There was an American woman who used to post here saying she was a better class of immigrant than other immigrants because she was a white American woman married to a white Englishman.

The sense of entitlement and hierarchy on these thread is unreal.

I'll try and find the thread, it was hilarious.

EasternStandard · 24/04/2026 12:53

nomas · 24/04/2026 12:52

I quoted you because you made something up and called you out for it.

That doesn't make me subject to your pointed and smug interrogations.

It's really not for you tell me what I benefit from, you don't know me and I don't know you. Are you even from the UK?

Eastern standard is American timing, so you are pretty lucky to be posting on a UK forum.

Gosh to user name attacks, you must be feeling rattled. No I’m not in the US, it’s not how u/n work it’s from something else anyway.

If you don’t want to engage then don’t, I’m happy if you don’t quote me at all and I’ll do the same.

Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 12:52

nomas · 24/04/2026 12:42

You ask this question on every thread. It gets tedious.

Literally! Just nonsensical really.

I'm an immigrant in this country and not any of the others, so it's quite obvious where I'd prefer to be.

Only the good Lord knows why recognising our men are as rapey as any other, means I don't want to be here.

nomas · 24/04/2026 12:52

EasternStandard · 24/04/2026 12:46

You quoted me first, don’t if you want to avoid my answers.

In any case you avoid it every time, why is that?

You benefit from a western democracy hell even in some you’d not be posting online at all, without severe risk. You’re pretty lucky to have a forum where you can post insults like the one you have.

I quoted you because you made something up and called you out for it.

That doesn't make me subject to your pointed and smug interrogations.

It's really not for you tell me what I benefit from, you don't know me and I don't know you. Are you even from the UK?

Eastern standard is American timing, so you are pretty lucky to be posting on a UK forum.

Everanewbie · 24/04/2026 12:50

Several things.

  1. Per capita. Men originating from certain parts of Pakistan are far more likely to commit these crimes. Plucking figures out of the air here, but if the population is 90% white, 10% Pakistani. And there are 70 rapes by white men and 30 rapes by Pakistani men, a Pakistani man is more likely to be a rapist. Crowing "white men commit more rapes" as if the grooming gang scandal is some kind of BNP fantasy is disingenuous at best.
  2. The historic reluctance to investigate and report on these cases through fear of being accused of racism. This is well documented.
  3. The tolerance within communities. Pakistani men convicted of multiple rapes of children and vulnerable women have had their wives, daughters, mothers, sisters screaming "I love you" as their evil relative were being taken down to prison. We may not publish and discuss sexual assaults committed by white men enough, but I've never heard of the women folk shutting up shop and standing by their men like this.
  4. There is the perception of abusing hospitality and tolerance.
  5. Maybe, just maybe there is occasionally a hint of bad actors keeping this going so they can take a free shot at Pakistani Muslims. But the communities themselves have left themselves open to this.

Maybe do some actual research from sources other than your preferred newspapers and publications, or tv talking heads. Read the enquiry notes, listen to victims testimonies. Read the court transcripts, listen to Maggie Oliver's story. Then come back and dismiss it with "white men rape too" if that is what you still believe. But if you are genuinely interested and read up without an agenda, I think you will be shocked.

BarbiesDreamHome · 24/04/2026 12:49

I can only assume its because it was a 100% preventable crime if we had better border control and containment, monitoring and a faster assessment process for arrivals.

If women were given a vote, rape would be a life sentence and life would mean life. Same for any sex crime. The fact that it isn't should be headline news.

EasternStandard · 24/04/2026 12:46

nomas · 24/04/2026 12:42

You ask this question on every thread. It gets tedious.

You quoted me first, don’t if you want to avoid my answers.

In any case you avoid it every time, why is that?

You benefit from a western democracy hell even in some you’d not be posting online at all, without severe risk. You’re pretty lucky to have a forum where you can post insults like the one you have.

derxa · 24/04/2026 12:45

KatiePricesKnickers · 23/04/2026 20:05

It’s bad enough having British rapists (white/black/brown) without importing more.

This sums it up in a nutshell.

nomas · 24/04/2026 12:43

Littlebitpsycho · 24/04/2026 12:39

@nomas I didn't say all UK raised rapists were old 🤷‍♀️ I originally quoted a comment talking about Donald Trump/Jeffrey Epstein/Jimmy Saville.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but yes in my opinion they are old 🤷‍♀️

Yes they’re old but rape is on the increase, and the vast majority of perps are still white.

When this is pointed out the answer is always ‘why do you want boatloads of men to come to the country’ even though no one in the thread has advocated for this.

nomas · 24/04/2026 12:42

EasternStandard · 24/04/2026 12:40

So be explicit then, where would you prefer to be? I find it easy to answer, in a western democracy, how about you

You ask this question on every thread. It gets tedious.

EasternStandard · 24/04/2026 12:40

nomas · 24/04/2026 12:32

She didn't say Western values are worse. That's just inventing a point you can argue with.

So be explicit then, where would you prefer to be? I find it easy to answer, in a western democracy, how about you

Littlebitpsycho · 24/04/2026 12:39

nomas · 24/04/2026 12:34

Lol what? Is Andrew Tate old too then?

What is your proof that the UK raised rapists are old?

Edited

@nomas I didn't say all UK raised rapists were old 🤷‍♀️ I originally quoted a comment talking about Donald Trump/Jeffrey Epstein/Jimmy Saville.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but yes in my opinion they are old 🤷‍♀️

MyPeppyCyanFinch · 24/04/2026 12:37

White British men committing rape are still in the news.

As are white men of other heritage.

The Epstein files have been worldwide news for yonks.

Dappy777 · 24/04/2026 12:36

AliceAbsolum · 23/04/2026 20:01

Why are you so keen to deny the reality of the situation? These men come from places where women are property.

I agree. There are different attitudes to rape, privacy, harassment, sexual assault, etc in other parts of the world. The Left deny this because they’re not reasonable, sensible people. Those on the Left have various fixed ideas, and nothing will shift them. When reality contradicts their ideals, they deny reality, and then they get angry.

Also, the vast majority of so-called ‘refugees’ are young men. And they’re not the brightest and best. On the contrary, many are rootless drifters, others are criminals on the run.

nomas · 24/04/2026 12:34

Littlebitpsycho · 24/04/2026 12:01

Yes and all these men are much older and dying out. I do believe that the younger generation (although not by any means perfect) are much better than this, and because of the changes in society the ways these men hid their crimes are less usable now.

The migrants coming in are very often from a sustained culture (which will continue as they do not believe it is wrong) that believe women have no value beyond what men want. These men are late teens and believe women deserve to be raped. I bet if you asked any young British lad, they would believe those views to be abhorrent.

The old white man culture will die out, the culture of these migrant men is coming and it will take over if something isn't done.

We cannot remove our home grown violent men, we CAN stop more joining them - but nobody in power seems brave enough to do so

Lol what? Is Andrew Tate old too then?

What is your proof that the UK raised rapists are old?

nomas · 24/04/2026 12:32

EasternStandard · 24/04/2026 11:58

That’s a shame, if western values are worse then perhaps someone will say which are better.

In the meantime I’m glad my dc are here and not in various other countries. Others may disagree and prefer non western.

She didn't say Western values are worse. That's just inventing a point you can argue with.

PillsBox · 24/04/2026 12:16

So OP, the subject interested you enough to name change and start a thread about this, but not enough to return to it?

5128gap · 24/04/2026 12:14

Littlebitpsycho · 24/04/2026 12:01

Yes and all these men are much older and dying out. I do believe that the younger generation (although not by any means perfect) are much better than this, and because of the changes in society the ways these men hid their crimes are less usable now.

The migrants coming in are very often from a sustained culture (which will continue as they do not believe it is wrong) that believe women have no value beyond what men want. These men are late teens and believe women deserve to be raped. I bet if you asked any young British lad, they would believe those views to be abhorrent.

The old white man culture will die out, the culture of these migrant men is coming and it will take over if something isn't done.

We cannot remove our home grown violent men, we CAN stop more joining them - but nobody in power seems brave enough to do so

Unfortunately you're wrong in your beliefs about the younger generation. MVAWG is causing particular concern because its 'trending young'. 49% of teenagers in relationships report being victims of abuse, control and violence and Refuge describes a concerning rise in victims age 16-24. I think its highly unlikely these young women and girls were all in relationships with middle aged men.

EasternStandard · 24/04/2026 12:13

Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 12:02

Again, I did not say who is better or worse.

I also did not say I prefer non-Western countries.

I simply noted - we are not the bastions of sexual morality we pretend to be. We all produce sexually deviant men who cause great harm to women.

Men will always be more difficult to deal with and to limit crime by them than women but it’s an easy choice for me for which system is better for women and girls. I’d choose a western democracy any time.

Others may disagree, if anyone wants to say why if they do.

JHound · 24/04/2026 12:07

Men generally have stronger views and stronger aversion to women and children being abused / killed by men “not of our group” than men “in our group.”

Twas ever thus.