Is our society one that accepts the abuse of the most vulnerable girls?

When a society declines to be ashamed, that is far worse, and very telling

As recently as the eighteenth century, twenty-five per cent of all unmarried females in Britain’s capital city were prostitutes; the average age of a London whore was sixteen; and many brothels prided themselves on offering only girls under the age of fourteen. In the 1790s, a respectable gentleman, a solid citizen could walk past an eleven-year-old prostitute on a London street without feeling a twinge of disgust or outrage; he accepted her as merely a feature of the landscape.

A new report from the Independent Inquiry on Child Sexual Abuse says yes.

Their conclusion? “Children are sexually exploited by networks” – that’s “grooming gangs”, a term that is unsatisfactory and ultimately euphemistic – “in all parts of England and Wales in the most degrading and destructive ways.”

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