The Grooming Files

Tag: grooming culture

  • Part 8: Reclaiming Sex, Rewiring Minds

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis They stole something sacred. We’re taking it back. After all we’ve exposed, the patterns, the silence, the pain, the final question is this: Where do we go…

    Part 8: Reclaiming Sex, Rewiring Minds

  • Part 7: The Kids Are Not Alright

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis This isn’t curiosity. It’s collapse. They’re not exploring.They’re not experimenting.They’re not just “growing up in a digital world.” They’re being raised by porn.And they’re mimicking what they…

    Part 7: The Kids Are Not Alright

  • Part 6: Systemic Silence

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis We know the damage. So why isn’t anyone stopping it? We’ve laid it bare. Porn is grooming young minds.It’s warping desire, escalating compulsion, fuelling harm. And yet……

    Part 6: Systemic Silence

  • Part 5: The New Breed of Offender

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis Groomed by porn. Fueled by shame. Spiralling into harm. Not all predators hide.Some want to be seen.Not to confess, but to climax.To escalate. To break the silence…

    Part 5: The New Breed of Offender

  • Part 4: Groomed by the Algorithm

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis The system isn’t broken — it’s working exactly as designed. Let’s get something straight:Most people don’t find extreme porn because they search for it.They find it because…

    Part 4: Groomed by the Algorithm

  • Part 3: From Porn to Predation

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis What happens when watching isn’t enough anymore? Most people think the line gets crossed in one moment.But for some, it’s been blurring for years. That first video.The…

    Part 3: From Porn to Predation

  • Part 2: First Hit at 11

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis What happens when a child’s first sexual experience… isn’t theirs? It doesn’t start with desire.It starts with exposure. A pop-up.A schoolmate’s phone.A search out of curiosity that…

    Part 2: First Hit at 11

  • Part 1: The Lie We Bought

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis “They made sex taboo — then sold it back as porn.” It started with silence. We weren’t taught about sex.We weren’t guided through desire.We were shamed into…

    Part 1: The Lie We Bought

  • The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial We were the first kids online. Dial-up tones. MSN Messenger. Webcams balanced on bulky monitors. No rules. No warnings. No one watching. And the predators? They found us before our parents…

    The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot

  • The Silent Struggle: Male Survivors of Grooming

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea There is a silence that surrounds male survivors of grooming. Not just in headlines, or courtrooms, or safeguarding policies — but in living rooms, group chats,…

    The Silent Struggle: Male Survivors of Grooming

  • “But She Said She Was 16” — Why the Law Still Calls It Grooming

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea “She told me she was 16.”“She looked older.”“She knew what she was doing.” These are the most common excuses heard when adults are caught engaging with…

    “But She Said She Was 16” — Why the Law Still Calls It Grooming

  • “The Flat Was Familiar — Because It Was His”: How a Town Normalised Grooming in Plain Sight

    By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea This story was shared with full consent, anonymously, by a survivor whose voice carries the weight of hundreds more.At The Grooming Files, we speak the truths others…

    “The Flat Was Familiar — Because It Was His”: How a Town Normalised Grooming in Plain Sight

  • We Were Never Naughty Girls – Survivor Stories

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @realtalkrealtea Part One: The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot This is the first piece in a new personal series, sharing my own story as a survivor of…

    We Were Never Naughty Girls – Survivor Stories

  • Another One I Knew – I Went to School With Him: Now He’s a Convicted Predator”

    ©️ Written by – Sophie Lewis, The Grooming Files. How many times can you feel the floor give way beneath you before you stop trusting it completely? Adam John, from Pontypridd, was sentenced last year to more than seven years…

    Another One I Knew – I Went to School With Him: Now He’s a Convicted Predator”

  • The Final Reckoning – Why They Keep Getting AWAY With It

    ©️ By – Sophie Lewis This Isn’t Ignorance. It’s a Blueprint. They’ll tell you this is about failure.That the system “missed the signs.”That no one could’ve known what was really going on. But they did.They knew. This isn’t failure. This…

    The Final Reckoning – Why They Keep Getting AWAY With It