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Why isn't there any mainstream media focus on British men rape who molest and rape, women and children? But just 'the boat people' ?! Evil/badness exists everywhere!

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Betchygreen · 23/04/2026 19:27

I'm an immigrant of white British/European descent and I saw a headline today in the mainstream media about 'rape meaning sex' pleaded according to asylum seekers who have recently tried at court for rape.

What's going on? If I had to report a (my) white British rapist, I really don't think it would've made headlines. Nor would've any other abuse. White Male British men seem to get off with impunity, or I know are ever accused and formally charged.

I feel it is a shocking abuse of power that only newcomers and brown skinned/other culture peoples are singled out.

Why is it that the UK remains so very much patriarchal and oppressive towards women and children? Why are we not centred in such as way that it as important for women and children to thrive in our society and culture as it is for men of any/whichever long standing class? Is it classicism or what is it? Explain it to me, I truly don't understand why it has to be like this other than those who get a rise out of feeling powerful and in control of others?

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KatiePricesKnickers · 23/04/2026 23:17

nomas · 23/04/2026 23:00

Tell to that person who said there is only one white rapist in the UK.

Edited

No, I’m telling that to you.

EwwPeople · 23/04/2026 23:21

ElenOfTheWays · 23/04/2026 23:11

Yes and "she liked rough sex" as a defence for murder.
I'm not defending British rapists (and murderers) I'm saying that trauma is NOT the reason illegal migrants commit rape.

My point was that angry, disenfranchised men with a lot of time of their hands, all cooped up together is a recipe for disaster.As you see at some football matches, riots, protests, marches etc. Add in possible trauma(and can you claim that none of them come from a traumatic background) and other mental health issues , and it just adds fuel to the fire. It doesn’t mean that every single one is traumatised, or that trauma causes them to rape or even that every single one of them will rape or wants to rape.

More men, more risk. For me , it’s that simple.

1dayatatime · 23/04/2026 23:23

Traceysgoingtobelivid · 23/04/2026 23:15

Because we have enough of our own rapists and murderers without importing more.

Yes but "our own" rapists and murderers have historically been predominantly white.

By importing brown and black rapists and murderers from other countries we can ensure a diversity and inclusion amongst the crimes of rape and murder.

Its only racists that seek to deny this diversity and inclusion and want white only rapists and murderers.

EwwPeople · 23/04/2026 23:23

barkygoldie · 23/04/2026 23:15

Im also curious to know who really drives this agenda in the MSM. Rapes by white men are happening all the time but that is not as newsworthy as someone brown skinned. I mean the answer is plain old racism, but who’s pulling the strings. I do wonder if racism, like sexism, was always there but less outwardly expressed in the last couple of decades, and it is now more socially accepted to express it.

What agenda specifically? Because there are cases of rape and abuse by white men in the media every day. It’s not a massive cover up.

Are you referring to differences in reaction from the public? The way headlines are made?

Flossette · 23/04/2026 23:26

Are there really the likes of today’s case in Brighton carried out by white British men that just aren’t reported though? I found that case quite shocking but maybe I’m just naive.

Cocktailglass · 23/04/2026 23:35

I don't see mainstream news of 'boat people ', in fact the only information comes from other media.

The local and national news are heavily restricted to imply any form of intolerance so when reported it's a case of names, which may or may not be ethnic.

This is from an in law... the reality which is experienced and exposed is actually of groups of men who do 'bend the rules', traffic others with fake IDs, all live in one house which is resident and paid for by UC to one person who takes rent money, opens up a car valet and they all work there.

How do I know? Because first hand experience, literally.

'Married a man from a fleeing country, I was in love. He had no money so my family paid for the big wedding, I couldn't because I was young and couldn't afford it as wasn't earning. We lived together for 3 years, had 2 children. I claimed benefits as a single mother as he had his own house, managed to get away with it for this time as we didn't change our details.

He said he was working at a takeaway, which he did according to the boss, not here right now, but I didn't know it was a cover and he was really involved in illegal trafficking and money laundering.

Shocked, disgusted, divorced, two DC I've had to try and shield but social media and faces of crimes screenshot. He's imprisoned now, along with his crew, rightly so"

I've written a more understable account from the genuine furious one.

nomas · 23/04/2026 23:36

KatiePricesKnickers · 23/04/2026 23:17

No, I’m telling that to you.

Then you aren’t following the chain of posts, so your comments are therefore irrelevant.

KatiePricesKnickers · Yesterday 06:07

nomas · 23/04/2026 23:36

Then you aren’t following the chain of posts, so your comments are therefore irrelevant.

But your ‘most rapists are white’ is a valid comment in a majority white country?
What other gems of the bleeding obvious do you have?

Dragracer · Yesterday 06:11

Because it's ran by British men who want to be able to rape, abuse, molest women and children without consequence?

It's the same as the rich telling you it's the poor stealing all your money.

Stnam · Yesterday 06:34

Quite a few white men who travel or live in other countries rape and sexually abuse women there. I certainly wouldn't blame the local population for objecting to it. I actually find it depressing that they don't get more angry about it.

Cheese55 · Yesterday 07:06

As the male 20 year old asylum seekers assimilate into UK, I wonder if any strides made by the current generation regarding women's rights will be lost by a whole new generation of men who dont respect women, like at all.

Thechaseison71 · Yesterday 07:11

nomas · 23/04/2026 21:30

Calling an entire culture disgusting is not only grossly offensive it ignores that the vast majority of rapists and child abusers in the UK are white.

And you think there was just one male rapist in the country? How delusional.

Edited

Well seeing as about 80% of the British population is white that would fugure

GCAcademic · Yesterday 07:44

KatiePricesKnickers · Yesterday 06:07

But your ‘most rapists are white’ is a valid comment in a majority white country?
What other gems of the bleeding obvious do you have?

It might be bleeding obvious but social media is currently full of white men carrying on as if only brown or black men have ever raped a woman.

1dayatatime · Yesterday 08:30

Cheese55 · Yesterday 07:06

As the male 20 year old asylum seekers assimilate into UK, I wonder if any strides made by the current generation regarding women's rights will be lost by a whole new generation of men who dont respect women, like at all.

So the alternative approach is rather than the asylum seekers trying to assimilate, to change our own mindset and for everyone else to be more accommodating understanding of different cultures attitudes to women's rights in the UK.

It could be seen as racist or a view that "not all cultures are equal" to insist that our culture and laws in regards of women's rights are somehow superior to say someone from Afghanistan or Iran?

Cheese55 · Yesterday 08:35

I think there is nothing we can take from the Taliban's view of women!

LetsBeWellBehaved · Yesterday 08:59

This isn’t white rapists vs brown rapists. Any sex offender born here is in the same category. They are our mess to sort out.

People are pissed that now we have extra creeps coming from elsewhere. These evil people are taking places away from actual refugees fleeing genocidal violence and brutal regimes from the same countries. It’s disgraceful. People aren’t angry enough, the status quo is continuing.

Megifer · Yesterday 09:11

Id assume its because it feels like a disproportionate number. We're told there are only a very small amount of the people you refer to here, yet it seems theres a large number of this minority committing these crimes.

I have to walk through a rough area of my town to get to the office. Its renowned for groups of immigrants to gather (its a fact they are immigrants im not assuming this). Me and other women are harassed by these and tbf its white men who notice and tell them to fuck off/variation of.

Im always fearful of what any man is capable of, but i have to say I fear white British men a bit less than these groups of immigrants that hang around because the rate of attack seems disproportionate.

Dweetfidilove · Yesterday 09:12

BeckyBloom · 23/04/2026 21:35

Because we have been taught to be tolerant and accepting and that diversity is good. We are stuck with the men who are born here….why accept that it’s fine for men in boats with no papers who have travelled through many safe countries are to be welcomed when they come from a culture that has no respect for women and no respect for Western values?

Some day I'll make the time to discuss these Western values that produced the Epsteins, Weinsteins, Saville, Pelicots, Trumps and Mountbatten-Windsors of thos world.

filofaxdouble · Yesterday 09:13

The police have never admitted to routinely covering up mass rape from white British men due to a fear they would be labelled racist.

thefloorislavayes · Yesterday 09:15

Are you making an argument that only newcomers and brown skinned/other cultures are singled out? Because if you are I suggest you go and read/listen to Maggie Oliver.

filofaxdouble · Yesterday 09:16

Stnam · Yesterday 06:34

Quite a few white men who travel or live in other countries rape and sexually abuse women there. I certainly wouldn't blame the local population for objecting to it. I actually find it depressing that they don't get more angry about it.

Yes I agree. Those countries should deport them straight back to the UK.

MeetMeOnTheCorner · Yesterday 09:18

They get fully stuck in when it’s a footballer. The “boat people” issue is about importing these men and many feel we need to avoid this. It’s not about not recognising we don’t have uk born white rapiers! I seem to remember high profile cases about a taxi driver and a police officer. Both white.

MeetMeOnTheCorner · Yesterday 09:25

These are the stats from the CPS on convictions. Cannot find more up to date ones but this table covers ethnicity. You will need to piece the lines together to get the numbers for each group. It’s useful for this debate.

Why isn't there any mainstream media focus on British men rape who molest and rape, women and children? But just 'the boat people' ?! Evil/badness exists everywhere!
Why isn't there any mainstream media focus on British men rape who molest and rape, women and children? But just 'the boat people' ?! Evil/badness exists everywhere!
nomas · Yesterday 09:59

Megifer · Yesterday 09:11

Id assume its because it feels like a disproportionate number. We're told there are only a very small amount of the people you refer to here, yet it seems theres a large number of this minority committing these crimes.

I have to walk through a rough area of my town to get to the office. Its renowned for groups of immigrants to gather (its a fact they are immigrants im not assuming this). Me and other women are harassed by these and tbf its white men who notice and tell them to fuck off/variation of.

Im always fearful of what any man is capable of, but i have to say I fear white British men a bit less than these groups of immigrants that hang around because the rate of attack seems disproportionate.

tbf its white men who notice and tell them to fuck off/variation of.

This seems unlikely given the vast amount of abuse is committed by white men. Plus racist and anti-Semitic attacks too.

nomas · Yesterday 10:01

KatiePricesKnickers · Yesterday 06:07

But your ‘most rapists are white’ is a valid comment in a majority white country?
What other gems of the bleeding obvious do you have?

A poster says the entire Muslim culture of men and women are disgusting and that one white rapist in the UK is nothing compared to that, and instead of pulling them up on such a heinous comment, you are pulling me up on stating a fact?

Nice to see you have your priorities straight.