The way in which the Three Girls were treated, is rule rather than the exception, even as we speak today, in Rochdale, young girls are referred to ss by the police for protection and unless a death threat was/is made, they are not seen as a priority.
Many survivors, even today as I write this, are ignored because official agencies have a vested interest to protect themselves rather than do what is right - (please see IICSA inquiry onto Knowl Hill Rochdale).
The following is not intended to, take away or disresoect the great efforts of our brave soldiers, but to highlight the direct discrimination against Sexual abuse/offence survivors in the NHS today.
A Sexual Abuse survivor who has suffered 10 years of emotional, physical & regular Sexual abuse (rape) in the family home.
A soldier served 3 years in an active war zone,
Both have PTSD and meet at at a therapy group, the soldier cries when he hears how the abuse victim, who told ss at 13 to be fobbed off as and abused further yet her father went on to get a 20 year sentence, 15 years later, yet she can't even get a referral off her gp, unless she's says she is suicidal and has been repeatedly fobbed off for 17 years, losing a decent career in the civil service, because she is fobbed off with tablets rather than the psychological treatment she needs.
He then explains how he has had every support and therapy since his return, and is well on his way to recovery, he finds it hard to believe they live in the same area, with the same illness, and the same services.
That is one example of the direct discrimination & service barriers survivors face at a grass roots level, each and every day.