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The grooming gangs inquiry must confront our dehumanisation of working class girls

Too often, institutions refuse to see teenage girls as children worth protecting.

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Zoe Grunewald and The Lead
Jun 17, 2025
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Whenever grooming gangs dominate the news cycle, it’s not just the cases in the headlines that come to mind. With a heavy heart, I think of every teenage girl in this country who’s been exploited, ignored, or blamed, and how little has changed.

Yesterday’s report by Baroness Casey sheds new light on how, in these spec…

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