Article: Years of Rape and ‘Utter Contempt’ in Britain

Author: Katrin Bennhold 

Lucy, who wanted to keep her last name exclusive, was raised into a middle-class family. She was about twelve years old talking to boys which is reasonably normative. As time went by she began talking to boys who were a bit older than her which is typical for girls her age, until she was then brought into a new world with grown men. With these men in her life Lucy has now been inaugurated into the drugs and alcohol. These men began to take advantage of Lucy and as one can guess at this point, raped her. Nine men were involved, one on top, two constricting her to the ground, one forcing her to keep her eyes open and observe what was happening to her body and the rest of the men influencing the situation by cheering and hollering. Lucy was thirteen years old when she was raped for the first time… 

In the late 1990’s the town of Rotherham, England had a huge political and social issue on their hands. When Lucy was just turning fourteen years old she finally informed her mother of the horror she’d had been going through. So of course Lucy’s mother did what any other mother or human being would do which was call the police. The police came and gather a mountain of evidence then a couple days later Lucy’s family was told all the evidence was lost. Rotherham had about one hundred known rape reports and there was only one incident where men were charged and put in jail. Police just rubberneck their heads in the other direction and just let it happen. Even the judges in courthouses look the other way and act as if these horribly frightening and scaring acts of basically terror were not against the law in any way. The lack in acknowledgement got so bad girls thought being raped by a group of men was some sort of initiation into womanhood. 

These girls are isolated to the point where they cannot speak unless told to or spoken to. Going completely against societies standards these men would basically view them selves to play the role of solipsizers unreservedly stealing young girls innocence at extremely young ages. These horrid men said the would “gang-rape my mother, to kill my brother and firebomb my house”. Creating unnecessary disorders such as “depression and anorexia” so horrible to the point where Lucy and her family had to abandon the country which was hands down the best move. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/02/world/europe/reckoning-starts-in-britain-on-abuse-of-girls.html?action=click&contentCollection=Middle%20East&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&region=Marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article