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Original poster

To think child sex abuse victims shouldn’t be called prostitutes

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Notevilstepmother · 19/02/2018 12:46

Following on from the Haiti Oxfam debacle. The BBC has reported that the use of child prostitutes cannot be ruled out.

I think it’s important to distinguish between consent for money (still dubious and creepy in such a situation with vulnerable women) and children being unable to consent. Children are not prostitutes they are child sex abuse victims and should be respected and reported as such.

I’ve complained to the BBC, feel free to do the same.

OP posts:
Trinity66 · 19/02/2018 12:47

yeah it's an awful way to refer to children

ItsAHardKn0ckLife1 · 19/02/2018 12:47

Absolutely agree. YANBU.

Aeroflotgirl · 19/02/2018 12:48

I agree, very bad, they are abused children ffs!

Champagneandthestars · 19/02/2018 12:58

It's like the term 'child porn' - no, it's images of child abuse! Totally agree OP.

LuxuryMilk · 19/02/2018 12:59

Yanbu. How did you complain?

Original poster
Notevilstepmother · 19/02/2018 13:04

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43107985

This is the article, you need the link to complain. Btw I got muddled, the exact wording is underage prostitutes I think.

Complaint link see right hand side of this page. You can ring write or complain online

www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/

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Original poster
Notevilstepmother · 19/02/2018 13:05

I hate the way it minimises the crime. I’m so cross. After what happened in Rotherham I thought we had moved on. Angry

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HuskyMcClusky · 19/02/2018 13:06

YANBU. That’s appalling.

SersioulycanitgetWORSE · 19/02/2018 13:06

Yes I agree 100% and they have been pulled up on this before particularly with Rotherham etc. Why can't the fools there get it?! Not bloody hard!! It's critical they report things properly they should be spending extra time and money on this sensitive subject. I dispair

LouiseCM · 19/02/2018 13:14

YANBU

Sparklesocks · 19/02/2018 13:18

YANBU..sickening

Graphista · 19/02/2018 13:18

Appalling - language matters! And the BBC should know this AND be more robust in their reporting of such issues.

Complaint submitted

SersioulycanitgetWORSE · 19/02/2018 13:19

32 years only for the the most profilific pedophile that's been known. 32 years.

Says it all.

SersioulycanitgetWORSE · 19/02/2018 13:20

To me the shocking lax sentencing and punishment on crimes against children... Are as bad as America gun laws

DreamyMcDreamy · 19/02/2018 13:21

Ewww Sad YADNBU.
Child prostitutes?! Angry
THAT'D BE ABUSED CHILDREN, THEN!!! Angry Angry

SaskaTchewan · 19/02/2018 13:21

YANBU

thank you for raising the issue, and sharing the link.

Lizzie48 · 19/02/2018 13:36

I absolutely agree, it's just so depressing. The consequence to victims of chid sexual abuse is catastrophic, use of the terms 'child prostitute' and 'child porn' are just so minimising.

Pengggwn · 19/02/2018 13:46

I don't believe the term implies that they are consenting sex workers, just that the particular form of the abuse is that they are being used in a prostitution racket.

DreamyMcDreamy · 19/02/2018 13:49

I don't believe the term implies that they are consenting sex workers, just that the particular form of the abuse is that they are being used in a prostitution racket.

Fixed for you....
I don't believe the term implies that they are consenting sex workers, just that the particular form of the abuse is that they are being used in a child abuse racket.

Pengggwn · 19/02/2018 13:50

DreamyMcDreamy

Thanks for your input.

DreamyMcDreamy · 19/02/2018 13:50

You're welcome.....

Brittanyspears · 19/02/2018 13:51

This has been irking me too. Even the grown women being labelled in such a way disgusts me. Will complain.

SersioulycanitgetWORSE · 19/02/2018 13:54

This is the institute that gave us Jimmy Savile Angry

gamerwidow · 19/02/2018 13:54

Agree, there is no such thing as child prostitutes or underage prostitutes. These are child abuse victims end of.

Lizzie48 · 19/02/2018 13:59

@Pengggwn I don't doubt that's true. But the result is that the actual crime is minimised. It's what happened in Rochdale and other places; the girls were seen as child prostitutes and therefore not worthy of protection. They were seen as consenting to what was happening to them.