Can someone correct me if I’m wrong - but from what I understand the enquiry was a national enquiry, meaning it had a broad spectrum and therefore localised issues (Rochdale, Rotherham) were not targeted.
There were also local enquiries but these do not have the same impact.
Also, genuine question - one of the issues which was highlighted in the national enquiry was that the ethnicity of perpetrators was not recorded, and this should change. So how can people confidently say what ethnicities are under or over represented in terms of ethnicity, if it wasn’t recorded?
I’m actually sick and tired of people saying ‘white people abuse children too’ and that this is a problem with men.
while yes, it is, we need to recognise and tackle the specific groups individually.
I can’t ever imagine dismissing the fact one group of men abuse girls, because another group do as well.
We must tackle all of them.
And the way to tackle these Pakistani rape gangs should be targeted to specifically tackle them
The same way child abuse in the church should be targeted to them.
The same way dark web gangs should be targeted.
And any other identifiable group.
Saying it’s an issue with many groups doesn’t really help, does it? How do you target CSE by looking at a broad umbrella? You can’t.
Each single ‘type’ of group needs to be investigated, look at their MOs, how each group operates.
Just saying ‘it’s across the board’ helps no-one.
No-one seems to have an issue here in saying there’s a problem with CSE in the church etc.
In fact some posters have used it as a ‘gotcha’.
The same standard needs to be applied across the board.
There is an issue with the men in these communities, and it needs to be addressed and tackled.
Not subjected to ‘whataboutery’.
What I’m hearing is the 250k estimate is conservative, and it may be closer to 1m.
These girls deserve better.