I was just looking at the latest report on child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, in particular the culture that allowed this to happen (page 103 onwards). It raises issues of an unwillingness/inability to discuss the issue properly as it was considered 'politically incorrect' and suggests that a culture of sexism (p110) could have hindered the issue being tackled, firstly, because the victims were predominately girls (so less important) and, secondly, because those working in the relevant service areas who could see the problem were mainly women (so not taken seriously). Sound depressingly similar to anything else going on at the moment?
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