Thousands of working‑class girls were raped, trafficked and terrorised in grooming scandals across Rotherham, Rochdale and Telford, as police, councils and social services looked the other way. Now, as a new inquiry reopens those failures, a viral post is asking an awkward question of some of Britain's best‑known feminists: why weren't you louder for these girls?
The post, circulating widely on social media in the wake of a new crowdfunded inquiry into grooming gang abuse, asks why a movement that campaigns loudly on rape culture, Page Three and lads' mags has been largely quiet on one of the worst child protection failures in British history. It is a hook, not a verdict. But the question itself has real weight, and the victims at the centre of this story deserve it to be examined honestly.
