Rape Gangs Report: Prominent British Feminists Largely Silent

Feminists have long denounced a supposed “rape culture” among straight white men, but they evidently have little to say about the actual rape culture that’s been imported to England by welcoming Pakistani and Muslim immigrants. Self-styled “TERFs” — meaning “Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist,” or a feminist who broadly rejects subordinating sex to gender identity — whose campaigns underscored “women’s safety” are seemingly unconcerned about the British girls being abducted, trafficked, beaten, burned, tortured, and raped. Even the leading British feminists who captivated the public by criticizing “trans inclusive” policies for enabling predatory conduct seem to be suffering from rapid-onset muteness.

The “Rape Gang Inquiry Report,” published last week as a product of an independent investigation led by Member of Parliament and current leader of the Restore Britain Party Rupert Lowe, is a distressing document about the so-called “grooming gangs” (translation: “child prostitution rings”) in the United Kingdom that are largely composed of Muslim or Pakistani men. (Read more from NR’s coverage on the report here and here.) It was neither an academic study nor an official government initiative with statutory powers to compel witnesses and document production, therefore it did not yield fresh statistical claims or unearth state documents. The report’s value is its pages of harrowing testimony provided by victims, their families, whistleblowers, and other individuals who observed the gangs. The survivors recall years of enduring sexual exploitation, substance misuse, torture, trafficking, and repeat pregnancies, as well as instances of forced marriages and conversion to Islam — all consistent with existing reporting and previous government-led reviews. However, the report in particular underscores how England itself is complicit: Authorities and staff in the police, the schools, the social-care industry, and the health-care system all failed to intervene or even encouraged the gang activity, in part because they feared accusations of “racism.” Additionally, the report explores cultural and religious factors that motivated the gangsters, such as “the doctrine of Muslim superiority” and clannish norms.

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Feminists have long denounced a supposed “rape culture” among straight white men, but they evidently have little to say about the actual rape culture that’s been imported to England by welcoming Pakistani and Muslim immigrants. Self-styled “TERFs” — meaning “Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist,” or a feminist who broadly rejects subordinating sex to gender identity — whose campaigns underscored “women’s safety” are seemingly unconcerned about the British girls being abducted, trafficked, beaten, burned, tortured, and raped. Even the leading British feminists who captivated the public by criticizing “trans inclusive” policies for enabling predatory conduct seem to be suffering from rapid-onset muteness.

The “Rape Gang Inquiry Report,” published last week as a product of an independent investigation led by Member of Parliament and current leader of the Restore Britain Party Rupert Lowe, is a distressing document about the so-called “grooming gangs” (translation: “child prostitution rings”) in the United Kingdom that are largely composed of Muslim or Pakistani men. (Read more from NR’s coverage on the report here and here.) It was neither an academic study nor an official government initiative with statutory powers to compel witnesses and document production, therefore it did not yield fresh statistical claims or unearth state documents. The report’s value is its pages of harrowing testimony provided by victims, their families, whistleblowers, and other individuals who observed the gangs. The survivors recall years of enduring sexual exploitation, substance misuse, torture, trafficking, and repeat pregnancies, as well as instances of forced marriages and conversion to Islam — all consistent with existing reporting and previous government-led reviews. However, the report in particular underscores how England itself is complicit: Authorities and staff in the police, the schools, the social-care industry, and the health-care system all failed to intervene or even encouraged the gang activity, in part because they feared accusations of “racism.” Additionally, the report explores cultural and religious factors that motivated the gangsters, such as “the doctrine of Muslim superiority” and clannish norms.