Hollyoaks - well this is creepy!

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This is an important conversation to have #Hollyoaks

https://twitter.com/Flashmaggie/status/1765511265076613611?t=DMjXSrOUX7zq5tzRgsRGEA&s=19

• am stunned

• disbelieve

I've just rewatched the clip. She put her hands on his shoulders, and insisted he should tell his parents. Neither handsy nor encouraging secrets.

Yes, I know this isn't a professional context. That's not the point.
The point is: anyone who has worked with at-risk kids in any capacity should know at least the basics of safeguarding in any context, formal or informal.

That was meant to be a minus sign, not a bullet point.

Leaving aside the misgendering

There is no "misgendering". Just correct sexing. No pronouns were used, and I always refer to people's sex, because "gender" is meaningless.

Don't forget, it's a distressed girl with a man dressed as Raquel from Corrie hovering behind her and putting his hands on her shoulders.

I've never had safeguarding training that would suggest that what happened in that clip was a red flag. The physical contact was limited to a brief supportive hand on shoulder. There was nothing at all sexual about it.

She was not making secret plans with the child, but providing support in a moment of distress.

Children that age, and teenagers, often find it easier to confide in wider family and friendship networks than in their parents. That's normal.

It's odd how one poster has such a diametrically opposite view to all the other posters on this thread. I wonder what makes the difference.

Then you haven't had very good safeguarding training.

And that's why parents need to know exactly who their children are talking to online and at school etc.

And just who infiltrates your family circle to gain trust.

But the parents do know this person. She works for them.

This is such a twisted take on what is happening in this clip.

People have opinions and perceive things in different ways – what a shocker

I actually feel sorry for you all. From browsing this forum you all seem constantly distressed by perfectly normal everyday interactions, are permanently afraid and see everything as sinister. It must be an exhausting way to live.

I don't remember ever being alone in a room with a male "family friend" as a child/teen. I just can't imagine how such a situation arises.

From browsing this forum you all seem constantly distressed by perfectly normal everyday interactions NOPE
are permanently afraid NOPE
and see everything as sinister NOPE
It must be an exhausting way to live NOPE

So no need to feel sorry for me, thanks

I don't remember specifically but I think it must have happened regularly. This is a normal part of life. Are you really saying no man except a parent should ever be alone with a child?

An adult male encouraging a young girl to present as a boy on a path that leads to sterilisation is NOT a normal interaction FFS.

Don't waste your sympathy on me, @ForCoralFox I've got plenty enough to spare for you.

Encouraging a distressed child to believe that their body is 'wrong' is abhorrent.

Why don't you read all the comments under the clip on Twitter. You're the one out of step with what most people see.

These people get a kick out of gaslighting that their mad views and poor boundaries are shared by everyone.

That's clearly a coordinated response.

Do you honestly think it's a mainstream view that a known adult placing their hands briefly on a child's shoulder is deviant?