I think our anger and outrage should lie at the feet of every single man who has ever thought it is within his rights to violate a child or woman in any way whatsoever.
I think our awareness should turn to those situations where parents, for whatever reason, were unable to protect their children and use that to inform us in our own lives.
I believe we, as parents, should be aiming to raise girls who have full bodily and emotional autonomy and boys who grow into men who would not only respect that, but protect it fiercely on behalf of all women.
And, importantly, lifestyles and belief systems and personal choices about how people choose to interact with the world are not regarded as contributors to unacceptable behaviour.
Cutting out naturism will not solve paedophilia.
Implying that simply being nude within a naturist environment is inviting sexual harm is not a helpful message. It is dangerous. We need a world where we do not attempt to modify behaviour of potential victims in order to solve a complex condition and one which the deviancy lies firmly with the perpetrator not the victim.
It is my view that naturism done right by those who fully understand it contributes to raising hugely respectful adults with healthy attitudes towards themselves and others.
And that all naturists have a responsibility to act if they see anywhere where that high standard is not being met.
There are stories here where naturism fell below the high standard it should be. And children were not given the protection and safety they should always have from those around them and those closest to them. That is not acceptable. Those stories are real, they are sad, they are valid. They are acknowledged. I hear you.
And I want to reassure you - this is not the naturism I have would ever accept anywhere. Our family have experienced fully and consistently how naturism should be. I would never accept anything less, for myself, and for the safety of all those around me.
Discussions around consent and authoritarian parenting are also hugely important.
But we cannot assume that a whole lifestyle choice also correlates to a set of parenting behaviours (ie forcing children against their will) is inherent to that lifestyle.
Parenting is highly complex, unique to individuals and their circumstances and personal histories, and varies hugely across the entire cross section of families in the UK and further afield.
Again, we cannot attempt to limit people’s lifestyle choices on the back of concerns that may or may not be founded, about how parents may or may not be parenting their children.
Most of here are parents. All of us have the express desire to protect children at all costs. We are coming from the exact same place, but just because we don’t all do things the same way doesn’t mean our core value in that respect is any different.
We are a better force together, than if we allow divisions and misconceptions to weaken us.