Yes absolutely and the group most in need of those protections are low status girls perceived by adult males (and pick me females) as accessable and unimportant. This is an orgnised crime of sex and class - the male sex class across every category has organised criminal abusers within its ranks.
These girls should absoltuly be protected from the dominant male culture which will find any excuse to make themselves victims to evade justice whilst abusing their victims.
Police (seen as conservative), social workers (seen as MC liberals), labour politicians, conservative politicians, liberal politicians have all been culpable in enabling and covering up the crimes of male violence against young, low status girls.
The common factors are "adult male abusers" and "low status girls". They prey on girls who are seen as disposable, whom noone will fight for or who have no powerful advocates. In Rotherham the abusers were substantially ethnic South Asian and whilst many of the victims were white, many were also ethnic South Asian girls who have been largely ignored and who face additional stigmas if they speak up (as per PP and Southall Black Sisters over the years). In other areas the grooming gangs are predominantly white and again prey on girls seen as "accessible".
The common factors are 1) men using their power to organise and profit from abuse of children 2) children who are not important enough to other men or professionals to merit even basic duty of care
Its shameful all round and rather trying to stop people talking about it we should be using it to promote the stories of other victims as well. Perhaps you could talk about why convicted sex offenders were allowed to return to the same area sharing the same streets as their victims instead of being required to move away or how the community could shun these predators (who in the case of Rotherham have broken Islaamic law as well as state law).