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17 year old girl sexually assaulted multiple times

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NoLoveofMine · 13/10/2017 10:07

Another horrendous case. It seems a 17 year old girl was sexually assaulted at least three times trying to make her way home from a night out, it seems by men not linked to one another - the final one quite possibly being part of a group. All such cases are of course horrendous but what does this say about society, that a number of seemingly unconnected men in a small geographical location within the space of an hour all have such contempt for women and girls they chose to sexually assault her. This isn't the first time this kind of incident has happened recently either (the same victim being assaulted by separate men). It's horrendous.

news.met.police.uk/news/appeal-after-woman-sexually-assaulted-by-multiple-suspects-following-night-out-267602

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NoLoveofMine · 13/10/2017 19:32

Thank you theendisnotnigh. There were some really constructive comments on it from a lot of great women though, I do think the victim blaming was very much in the minority (I can only recall one or two posts I think). I very much think the same with regards to them - it would be so horrible for a girl or woman who suffered such horrendous attacks to find such comments, as if they're not going through enough. Also, as it's so insidious in culture, many are probably well aware of these attitudes which affects reporting in many cases. Thank you very much for the message as well Flowers

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HumphreyCobblers · 13/10/2017 19:29

I was wondering where that thread had gone, why on earth was it suspended? Had we hurt some male feelings? Hmm

theendisnotnigh · 13/10/2017 19:25

NoLoveofMine
I read that thread earlier. I wonder whether it was suspended because of the 'woman blaming' posts? You and others were doing a great job of challenging people but there were some unpleasant comments. I often look at threads like this and wonder how the young woman concerned would feel if she was to read the unpleasant blaming comments?
While I do think that it's important to discuss things like this and I reckon a lot of women who may be tempted to victim blame will get a different perspective, I just hate the thought that a vulnerable young woman could see some hateful comments? Just a thought. Flowers

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NoLoveofMine · 13/10/2017 16:42

Problem is it'll have faded away by then.

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AssassinatedBeauty · 13/10/2017 16:39

It's not yet been deleted. I hope MNHQ can just delete any posts they think are problematic and then let it stand.

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NoLoveofMine · 13/10/2017 16:38

It's pretty annoying it's been "suspended". I put it in that section of the forum because I wanted more people to realise the scale of male violence against women and girls and how commonplace these attitudes are, yet now it'll slip away.

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StrangeIdeas · 13/10/2017 16:32

I was reading that thread and it vanished. Anyone know why it was deleted? It was interesting. And I agree with lots of the points made on it (not the racism bit but the attitude towards women and girls in our society being toxic to women and girls

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NoLoveofMine · 13/10/2017 16:20

I agree SweetGrapes Sad

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NoLoveofMine · 13/10/2017 16:20

I started a thread about this in "AIBU" which had a lot of interesting debate yet it's been suspended. Bizarre.

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SweetGrapes · 13/10/2017 10:31

Oh my god! Horrendous Sad

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