The Campaign Against Adult Grooming (CAAGe) Blog
Prince Andrew Becomes Mr Mountbatten Windsor
Prince Andrew loses his title and home, but Virginia Robert Giuffre is dead.
It’s a step in the right direction, two decades too late.
Grooming Gangs
We bandy the term ‘grooming gangs’ around as if all know exactly what ‘grooming’ is (we do, and it’s not sex with a child - that should be statutory rape in our view), and ‘gang’, but that’s selectively applied, along with the terms ‘rings’ and ‘pyramids’.
We take a deep dive into look at why this is harmful, and how there’s a racist element that needs acknowledging.
Men Get Groomed Too!!
CAAGe takes a specific look at what we can learn from male victims of grooming. As many questions are raised as answers!
Do Adult Groomers Target On or Offline?
CAAGe has been collating it’s data on online grooming and dating sites.
The data comes with certain provisos, but prepare to be challenged!!
People who groom - not who we think they are
Who does the grooming?
Despite high profile cases and suggestions that particular groups of people are responsible for grooming, the truth is that they come from every part of society - alarmingly normal on the outside…..