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Easily the most damaging thing we ever did to sexually exploited kids in the UK was to define CSE as ‘when children exchange sex for things they want or need’.
The official definition doesn’t even call it rape, trafficking or exploitation. It blames kids for an ‘exchange’.
The official definition doesn’t even call it rape, trafficking or exploitation. It blames kids for an ‘exchange’.
We let them down. Hugely.
We wrote public policy, policing guidance, safeguarding legislation, campaigns and training based on a bullshit definition which positioned kids as consenting adults who ‘exchange’ sex with adults for ‘something they want or need’.
We wrote public policy, policing guidance, safeguarding legislation, campaigns and training based on a bullshit definition which positioned kids as consenting adults who ‘exchange’ sex with adults for ‘something they want or need’.
When I raised it in 2017, no one listened.
I actively criticised and wrote and spoke about this huge mistake.
I challenged NWG and the DfE about the definition.
Why does it include the concept of exchange at all?
These kids are being raped, trafficked and murdered.
I actively criticised and wrote and spoke about this huge mistake.
I challenged NWG and the DfE about the definition.
Why does it include the concept of exchange at all?
These kids are being raped, trafficked and murdered.
2020: we are still defining rape of kids in the UK as ‘an exchange of sex for things they want or need’
And you wonder why we have this huge pro-paedophile, pro-sexual violence culture?
We couldn’t even define sexual exploitation of kids correctly with a panel of professionals
And you wonder why we have this huge pro-paedophile, pro-sexual violence culture?
We couldn’t even define sexual exploitation of kids correctly with a panel of professionals
Know what would happen if a kid attempted to ‘exchange’ sex with me for something they ‘wanted or needed’?
I’d be fucking horrified, devastated, I would protect them immediately, talk to them and seek help.
This is NEVER the child’s fault, no matter what.
I’d be fucking horrified, devastated, I would protect them immediately, talk to them and seek help.
This is NEVER the child’s fault, no matter what.
It is always the adult’s choice to rape and abuse and exploit kids.
They make a conscious decision with capacity, to exploit a child.
The term ‘exchange’ needs removing from all UK legislation and definitions like NOW.
Like YESTERDAY.
Like YEARS AGO.
They make a conscious decision with capacity, to exploit a child.
The term ‘exchange’ needs removing from all UK legislation and definitions like NOW.
Like YESTERDAY.
Like YEARS AGO.
This is the current U.K. definition
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-sexual-exploitation-definition-and-guide-for-practitioners
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-sexual-exploitation-definition-and-guide-for-practitioners
Abuse is NEVER an exchange
All exploitation is abuse
All abuse is exploitation
Professionals who are still peddling the myth that CSE is different from CSA need a good shake
All exploitation is abuse
All abuse is exploitation
Professionals who are still peddling the myth that CSE is different from CSA need a good shake
And those of you creating entire careers out of pretending that CSE is different to CSA and therefore needs completely different ways of working with those kids, so you can sell more shit and pretend to be an expert in a niche subject
You’re harming kids.
You’re harming kids.
