“They destroyed any trust I had”

Before 1979, the legal age for marriage in Iran was strictly 18 years old. After the 1979 revolution, it became 13 for girls and in some cases 9 with "fatherly consent". My anger with this regime goes far deeper than the headscarf.

"Pakistani community leaders in Rotherham were complicit in hushing up the shocking ‘ethnic’ dimensions of the sexual exploitation rather than speaking out." (1)

In Oxford the imams actively encouraged men to rape white girls because of "their dress code, from miniskirts to sleeveless tops, is deemed to reflect their impure & immoral outlook.

‘You’re politicizing this!’

@MaggieOliverUK clashed with ex-Labour minister Bill Rammell, who defends Starmer’s record as DPP: ‘He transformed the prosecution service to take this issue seriously.’ Maggie insists victims are still being failed — by Labour & The Conservatives.

“They destroyed any trust I had” The majority of victims and survivors who engaged with the Inquiry were sexually abused by someone they knew and trusted. Victims and survivors repeatedly said that child sexual abuse shattered their ability to trust anyone (37 percent of Truth Project participants). Tanith said that she felt “wary” and that her “trust now is not very easily earned”.Others described trust issues in relation to particular groups of people, generally related to the person who sexually abused them. It was most common to hear that victims and survivors struggled to trust men. RS-A1 said that she felt “generally hostile and wary towards males”

Angharad described how child sexual abuse led her to believe that “that’s what men were going to do … abuse me for sex”.

“They destroyed any trust I had”

There is very little l wish to add here , this blog exist to help us think about Faith Love, Relationships, Spirituality and LIFE generally.

Today just about enabling reflection about how many Girls our sisters,our mums, our friends who are female are commonly treated.