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To wonder why so many male migrants have committed sexual assaults:even if they are evil people, wouldn't staying in the UK be an incentive to abide by the law?

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Jane379 · 03/06/2026 00:05

I KNOW that plenty of the men who come are not evil and don't want to commit sexual assault. But clearly a number who have come are, and there's strong evidence that male migrants are disproportionately lileky to do so.

This almost surely at least partly caused by misogynistic culture in various areas meaning back home they perceived uncovered women as permissible to assault. But surely they know it's different here? That they will likely be caught? They are at least more likely to be punished here for assault.

Or are they convinced our police system will let them off?

Or they're not aware our norms are different?

Or just don't care about the consequences?

I wonder also if criminals are in a sense selected for since they may have little to tie them to their home countries, or even be escaping punishment there.

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Gladystheimpaler · 03/06/2026 00:37

This is the most authoratative data I could find on prision populations, and will likely be the source most news agencies used for their stories on it (looking at the paywalled Telegraph article and the free LBC one) https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04334/SN04334.pdf

Ladamesansmerci · 03/06/2026 00:35

You may as well remove the migrant part, because the question is really 'why do men...?'. Because it's always men. The news is just a long list of crimes men commit.

Men have proved time and time again that many of them are more than capable of violence against women and girls. No matter what corner of the world you are in or what colour men are, they do this vile shit. Religion or etc is just an extra excuse for the misogyny engrained into our societies. Men don't need religion to uphold patriarchy and misogyny. You only need to think about the Gisele Pelicot case to realise this.

bigboykitty · 03/06/2026 00:29

Ponoka7 · 03/06/2026 00:26

You don't think that when someone grows up with societal norms, it doesn't become ingrained, or accepted? When child marriage and by extension child sexual abuse, is a societal norm, then that becomes your norm.

Please support your claim with evidence or admit that you simply made it up to support your racist narrative.

WellThatsAlrightThen · 03/06/2026 00:28

Ponoka7 · 03/06/2026 00:22

They don't know that it is different here, who do you think is educating them? Most women's first sexual encounter is as s child, but very few men are charged with child sexual offences. Even for people who migrate here,there's no support groups to teach a lot of things. Life in our prisons, is better than what they face, as a asylum seeker etc.

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They do know it’s different here otherwise they would be raping women in the middle of the day in the supermarket. It’s kept secret, hidden away, done in the dark. I do agree that most women’s first sexual assault expirienced as a child.

Shakeoffyourchains · 03/06/2026 00:27

There is zero credible evidence to support that view. Henry Fudge recently did a video that shows that once you standardise the data to account for ages and socioeconomic background the offending rates of British and migrants males are virtually identical.

Lewis Aaron also has an ongoing series that shows the figures put out by the centre for migration control, and quoted by the likes of GB News, have been falsified to support a narrative.

Ponoka7 · 03/06/2026 00:26

MandingoAteMyBaby · 03/06/2026 00:23

The problem is men.

That these men arrived from elsewhere makes little difference. Because they are mainly young men they are more likely to commit violent or sexual offences.

You don't think that when someone grows up with societal norms, it doesn't become ingrained, or accepted? When child marriage and by extension child sexual abuse, is a societal norm, then that becomes your norm.

MandingoAteMyBaby · 03/06/2026 00:23

The problem is men.

That these men arrived from elsewhere makes little difference. Because they are mainly young men they are more likely to commit violent or sexual offences.

Ponoka7 · 03/06/2026 00:22

They don't know that it is different here, who do you think is educating them? Most women's first sexual encounter is as s child, but very few men are charged with child sexual offences. Even for people who migrate here,there's no support groups to teach a lot of things. Life in our prisons, is better than what they face, as a asylum seeker etc.

Overtheatlantic · 03/06/2026 00:22

Some men, no matter their culture or colour, are rapists. Plenty are home-grown and have white skin and blond hair.

Ionlymakejokestodistractmyself · 03/06/2026 00:19

Are they much more likely to be punished?

Maybe they heard that less than 5% of reported rapes are prosecuted here?

InLoveWithAI · 03/06/2026 00:13

devuskums · 03/06/2026 00:12

What is the strong evidence

Asking this too.

devuskums · 03/06/2026 00:12

What is the strong evidence