Reporting sexual violence to the police can be riddled with all sorts of emotions and concerns. For many women, myself included, you’ll never need to have a formal interaction with
In 2 previous posts, we’ve explored 12 key myths about sexual violence against women and girls that are 100% false. To recap these myths, you can check out the posts
This is a tough question to ask and is very multi-faceted. There are a lot of reasons why people may not report suspicions of sexual violence and grooming, with the
We’ve already discussed in previous blog posts what grooming looks like and how challenging it is to identify. But now we’re going to take this information one step further and
If you’ve landed on this page wondering to yourself what to say to someone who has been sexually abused, assaulted, harassed, then you’re in the right place. We know how
Misinformation and myths about violence against women and girls (VAWG) are harmful to both the victims of these situations and also to the wider public. Why? Because these myths feed
On average, a child will have tried to disclose abuse or sexual assault at least eight times before someone does something about it. Eight times. Eight times is the number
When you hear the phrase ‘grooming children,’ do you think of grooming teenagers as well? Most people don’t. And that gives society a huge problem when it comes to grooming
Consent is a topic that I feel is so often misunderstood when it comes to grooming and sexual violence. So, for this blog post, I want to focus on exactly
It never ceases to amaze me just how many VAWG myths (myths about Violence Against Women and Girls) still exist in today’s world. Throughout researching the various elements of It’s
Nothing quite says ‘We’ve got a national crisis that we don’t know how to solve’ like a knee-jerk reaction from the Government. And that’s exactly what’s happened following a round
Grooming isn’t always, if ever, obvious. After all, if the grooming process were easy to spot, we’d stop it before abuse could happen. The trouble with spotting the signs of
Often, when someone is being groomed, it is their friends that notice first. Often, these friends will become suspicious and they might try and raise their concerns with their friend
American Pie is a franchise of four films, including a main, original cast, with five spin-off films. The franchise grossed nearly $1 billion at the box office between 1999 and
Have you ever watched a news story of a murder or kidnapping unfold, and then by the time the police catch the suspect, you’re full of thoughts such as, ‘Well,
Grease (1978) is an iconic film. There’s no disputing it. We all love it. We all belt out Summer Nights and Greased Lightning at the tops of our voices when
Grooming older teens is a problem that doesn’t seem to get as much conversation as the grooming and abuse of younger children. So often, we discuss child protection, and we
If you go to Google, you’ll find a tonne of information about the signs of grooming. But what you might not immediately find is information about the impact of grooming.