[DTogo]

They introduced Emma to older relatives, in their 20s and 30s, who said they wanted to be her friends, too. They plied her with vodka, cigarettes and cannabis spliffs. ‘I thought I was having a great time. I had no idea the men were part of a gang,’ she says now. ‘They were more exciting than my school friends. I began to meet them every day after school before catching the bus home.’ With rap music blaring, the men drove her around Leeds in a expensive cars, including a Bentley with personalised number plates. They bought her cheeseburgers at McDonald’s and gave her a new mobile phone. One, 24-year-old, Tarik, took a particular interest in her. He was the gang’s ring leader - and one day he imposed his authority on her in the most brutal fashion. He led Emma to a patch of wasteland near the bus station and raped her.

While not excusing the perps, what was she thinking? Where were her parents, siblings, friends??

[LastNorwegian]

This is what modern girls are taught to be by both parents and the media. “Free and liberated”. They think this is how they are supposed to behave.

[algernonpj]

While not excusing the perps, what was she thinking? Where were her parents, siblings, friends??

They did what pedaphiles do, threatened her and her familiy if she told.

"They threatened to firebomb my home with my parents inside if I told anyone what they’d done, shoot me with a pistol, rape my mother and kill my older brother if I told anyone."