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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?

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Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 12:06

1dayatatime · 24/04/2026 11:28

Exactly the Taliban and the Iranian regime have far better attitudes and laws to women's rights and laws under Western Governments.

Maybe we could approach this in a more diverse and inclusive way by adopting the same Afghanistan and Iranian culture and law here in the West. That way newly arrived citizens would already be familiar with women's position and rights in society and they would be less likely to commit crimes.

Sure. Let's run with that 🙄.

Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 12:04

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

I really hope you are correct that young British boys are rejecting rape culture, and I hope none them have enrolled in the online Rape Academy or other incel groups that promote violence against women.
For my daughter's and other young women's sakes, I really do.

Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 12:02

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.

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.

Littlebitpsycho · 24/04/2026 12:01

Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 09:12

Some day I'll make the time to discuss these Western values that produced the Epsteins, Weinsteins, Saville, Pelicots, Trumps and Mountbatten-Windsors of thos world.

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

EasternStandard · 24/04/2026 11:58

Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 11:52

No, I won't give an example.
I will say, however, that we do not hold the moral high ground where rape and sexual assault is concerned, because of the many great Western values we enjoy, this is not one.
An estimated 739,000 women were the victims of rape or sexual assault last year. 1in 2 rapes were carried out by a partner or an ex, and 5 in 6 by someone knoen to the victim.
This is not a representation of stellar Western values towards women.

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.

HeatonGrov · 24/04/2026 11:58

Nobody would deny that men are the main perpetrators of sexual violence. Nobody would deny that white British men commit crimes of sexual violence.

But think the question many would like to see answered is whether men with an immigrant background - not just new immigrants - are more likely to commit sexual crimes than the indigenous population. If so, how much more likely? Is there any correlation between country of origin and sexual offending? Is there ny correlation between religion and sexual offending? The fact that no government wants to address these issues suggests to me that they know what the answer will be.

Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 11:58

Cheese55 · 24/04/2026 11:40

You can't compare super rich chronic pedophiles, with a country where men will rape an unaccompanied women in public and be applauded for it. They are both awful but comparing the 2 is apples and pears and by implying we have something to learn from them is ludicrous

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.

5128gap · 24/04/2026 11:55

CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 24/04/2026 11:38

It is not part of British culture to accept that men can grope women in the street, rape their wives whenever they want their needs servicing, use violence to make women submit, have sex with or marry minors etc etc etc. However, it is a tolerated or actively practiced part of various Eastern / Middle Eastern cultures. When those men come here, they bring their learned beliefs, attitudes and values with them many of which are entitled, harmful and incompatible with our own laws and cultures. Surely you’re aware of things such as Islamic clerics from overseas being videoed in Birmingham mosques talking about their right to do whatever it takes to get women to comply? Our culture doesn’t tolerate men chatting about things like that as part of religious services!

I think you have red white and blue tinted glasses on here.
Marital rape didn't become illegal in Britain until 1991. 1.6m women in the UK experienced DVA last year. 64% of UK women have experienced sexual harassment in a public place. Our refuges are full. Our teen daughters are catcalled in their school uniforms. One in four of us will have been raped or sexually assaulted as an adult. The NSPCC estimates that one in twenty of us will have been sexually abused as a child.
The chief of police calls MVAWG in the UK a "national epidemic beyond the scope of policing"
So unless you think there's some extremely busy offenders from other countries getting about a lot, you might need to accept that if our 'cultural norms' are so superior when it comes to the treatment of women, a lot of uk men didn't get the memo.

Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 11:52

EasternStandard · 24/04/2026 11:31

Where are you thinking is better? Can you give an example.

No, I won't give an example.
I will say, however, that we do not hold the moral high ground where rape and sexual assault is concerned, because of the many great Western values we enjoy, this is not one.
An estimated 739,000 women were the victims of rape or sexual assault last year. 1in 2 rapes were carried out by a partner or an ex, and 5 in 6 by someone knoen to the victim.
This is not a representation of stellar Western values towards women.

nomas · 24/04/2026 11:45

CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 24/04/2026 11:38

It is not part of British culture to accept that men can grope women in the street, rape their wives whenever they want their needs servicing, use violence to make women submit, have sex with or marry minors etc etc etc. However, it is a tolerated or actively practiced part of various Eastern / Middle Eastern cultures. When those men come here, they bring their learned beliefs, attitudes and values with them many of which are entitled, harmful and incompatible with our own laws and cultures. Surely you’re aware of things such as Islamic clerics from overseas being videoed in Birmingham mosques talking about their right to do whatever it takes to get women to comply? Our culture doesn’t tolerate men chatting about things like that as part of religious services!

No, it isn’t tolerated in the Middle East. Egyptian women protest long and fighting for their rights. How have you supported them?

You think groping and spousal rape doesn’t happen in the UK by white men?

How naive.

ChamonixMountainBum · 24/04/2026 11:42

Flossette · 23/04/2026 22:50

It would be interesting to see the stats of violent crime committed by those born outwith the UK compared by those who live within.

A lot of ‘boat’ immigrants come from countries with a fairly sleazy view of western women. I worked with immigrants in a past life and the vast majority were lovely but a significant minority were brought up watching Hollywood films where (white western) women would get into bed with a guy within 30 mins of meeting them. This would be unheard of in their culture (and our culture too but the immigrant living in a far off land didn’t know this). This seemed to give the impression to some that all western women were gagging for sex with virtual strangers, hence they come here thinking that’s the norm.

The National Crime Agency's Operation Stovewood cites that out of 323 designated CSAE suspects in Rotherham nearly two-thirds were recorded as coming from a Pakistani ethnic background, significantly higher than the proportion of South Yorkshire’s or Rotherham’s Pakistani ethnic population (2.4% and 4%respectively). Yes, white British were prosecuted in greater total numbers but it is hard to ignore the massive discrepancy in rates of offence between the two demographic groups and the systematic failure of a raft of institutions to investigate and pursue prosecutions for one group compared to the other.

Youdontseehow · 24/04/2026 11:41

BeckyBloom · 23/04/2026 21:35

Because we have been taught to be tolerant and accepting and that diversity is good. We are stuck with the men who are born here….why accept that it’s fine for men in boats with no papers who have travelled through many safe countries are to be welcomed when they come from a culture that has no respect for women and no respect for Western values?

This in a nutshell.

the whataboutery around “but white mean rape too” denies the fact that illegal migrants shouldn’t be here and shouldn’t be freely wandering our streets. It’s just like the “but women can be abusers too” trope that gets spouted - existence of one does not negate the threat from the other.

I too experienced SA at the hands of a white male relative and yes, most abuse is at the hands of a man known to the victim. But why oh why are we accepting 1000s of men from seriously fucked up countries, with medieval views about women and girls, to just be freely in our communities? Close to schools, parks, beaches etc. Where children hang out.

I think our future generations will look back and be horrified that this was allowed under the “diversity is our strength” narrative.

We’ve enough male abusers of our own, we don’t need any more!

Cheese55 · 24/04/2026 11:40

Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 09:12

Some day I'll make the time to discuss these Western values that produced the Epsteins, Weinsteins, Saville, Pelicots, Trumps and Mountbatten-Windsors of thos world.

You can't compare super rich chronic pedophiles, with a country where men will rape an unaccompanied women in public and be applauded for it. They are both awful but comparing the 2 is apples and pears and by implying we have something to learn from them is ludicrous

CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 24/04/2026 11:38

It is not part of British culture to accept that men can grope women in the street, rape their wives whenever they want their needs servicing, use violence to make women submit, have sex with or marry minors etc etc etc. However, it is a tolerated or actively practiced part of various Eastern / Middle Eastern cultures. When those men come here, they bring their learned beliefs, attitudes and values with them many of which are entitled, harmful and incompatible with our own laws and cultures. Surely you’re aware of things such as Islamic clerics from overseas being videoed in Birmingham mosques talking about their right to do whatever it takes to get women to comply? Our culture doesn’t tolerate men chatting about things like that as part of religious services!

ladykale · 24/04/2026 11:36

Racism. That’s why

nomas · 24/04/2026 11:35

Worralorra · 24/04/2026 10:40

You’re looking in the wrong places - a simple Google search used AI to return this from the ONS:

Specific, publicly available statistics that break down the exact number of White British men charged with rape in the UK for the most recent calendar year (2024–2025) are not explicitly published in consolidated national reports.
However, available data from the Ministry of Justice and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) provides the following context for England and Wales:
Overall Rape Charges: In the year 2023/24, the CPS charged 2,572 suspects with adult rape. In the 2024/25 period, 4,636 total suspects were charged with rape/sexual offences, marking an increase.
Ethnicity of Defendants: According to Statistics on Ethnicity and the Criminal Justice System 2024, for indictable offences, where ethnicity is known, 83% of defendants were White.
Recorded Offences: In the year ending December 2024, there were 71,227 police-recorded rape offences, with a charge rate of 2.7%.
GOV.UK +3
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) notes that they do not break down police-recorded crime by both ethnicity and specific offence type in their main releases, and caution that data on perpetrator characteristics is often based on victim surveys.
Office for National Statistics +1

Is 83% not damning enough for you?

Yep white rapists up and down the country must be laughing their heads off at how they commit 83% of the crimes but people only ever want to talk about the minority.

nomas · 24/04/2026 11:33

BlakeCarrington · 24/04/2026 11:24

I’ve only recently joined the thread and look at you and I discussing John Ashby on this very thread. Fancy that.

Yep, I had to bring it up because no one else would. Shameful when OP’s thread was about why white rapists (which are the clear majority) aren’t discussed anymore.

EasternStandard · 24/04/2026 11:31

Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 09:12

Some day I'll make the time to discuss these Western values that produced the Epsteins, Weinsteins, Saville, Pelicots, Trumps and Mountbatten-Windsors of thos world.

Where are you thinking is better? Can you give an example.

ThatPoisedOtter · 24/04/2026 11:29

You know why.

1dayatatime · 24/04/2026 11:28

Dweetfidilove · 24/04/2026 09:12

Some day I'll make the time to discuss these Western values that produced the Epsteins, Weinsteins, Saville, Pelicots, Trumps and Mountbatten-Windsors of thos world.

Exactly the Taliban and the Iranian regime have far better attitudes and laws to women's rights and laws under Western Governments.

Maybe we could approach this in a more diverse and inclusive way by adopting the same Afghanistan and Iranian culture and law here in the West. That way newly arrived citizens would already be familiar with women's position and rights in society and they would be less likely to commit crimes.

CmonBobby · 24/04/2026 11:26

It’s bad enough the amount of British men that abuse women and kids. But we all have a basic understanding that every society has a baseline measure of these men, sadly, and we accept it as part of life.
Let’s not import more though. That seems mental.
My garden has a certain natural level of slugs and snails which I battle with. Doesn’t mean I’m happy if the neighbour brings over buckets of slugs and snails to add to the situation.

BlakeCarrington · 24/04/2026 11:24

nomas · 24/04/2026 10:35

No it doesn’t prove my point? When OP started her thread why didn’t you others talk about this John Ashby case that is literally in the courts this week?

I’ve only recently joined the thread and look at you and I discussing John Ashby on this very thread. Fancy that.

LetsBeWellBehaved · 24/04/2026 11:23

MaturingCheeseball · 24/04/2026 10:45

But surely no sane person can think it’s ok to allow large numbers of undocumented men into a country. Every other schmuck has to trudge through passport control. These men could be rapists/murderers/petty or large-scale criminals - we just don’t know.

Do I like the idea of “home-grown” rapists? No - it’s horrible - but, as others have said, we can do nothing about their residency and, presumably, if they have a record that will make a difference in apprehending/sentencing them.

This whole debate is so stupid. It’s like being in year 6 and having to explain per capita.

I know It’s not that people are defending the rapists, but it kind of does sound like that. “Dont look over here, look over there” kind of thing.

How has this whole thing become normalised. Are people seriously ok with these people being allowed to stay here (and at the expense of deserving refugees)?!

Ninjasan · 24/04/2026 11:21

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?

Egyptian murderer from Brighton should not have been here! We cannot do much about British men but we can stop the lowest forms of men with cultural no regard for women being imported with no proper procedures of checking their background. Are you ok with that?

5128gap · 24/04/2026 11:17

cantstopthinkingaboutit2 · 24/04/2026 11:01

A woman’s life has been ruined after being gang raped and this is your first thought and concern. Unbelievable.

It made the news as strangers gang raping a woman is actually pretty rare in this country these days. That would have made the news if they were white, black, green, blue.

Perhaps if when a woman had her life ruined other people's first thought wasnt how can this be used to further an anti immigration agenda..? the OPs thoughts would not have gone in this direction.
Either in the aftermath of yet another example of male on female violence, we keep our thoughts with the victim, or we make it about the race of the perpetrator. Which should it be? Because those who are always keen on the second would have a bit of a nerve trying to shame people merely joining that conversation from a different perspective.