The Grooming Files

Tag: institutional silence

  • What If We Treated Grooming Like Terrorism?

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial A brutal comparison the system doesn’t want you to make If a man was found online trying to radicalise a 12-year-old into violence, the state would respond with force: But…

    What If We Treated Grooming Like Terrorism?

  • The Predator Paradox: When Exposure Becomes the Behaviour

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | NUJ-accredited Journalist | The Grooming Files The Message That Shouldn’t Have Happened It didn’t start with a sting. It didn’t start with a victim. It started with a message no one should ever receive: “You…

    The Predator Paradox: When Exposure Becomes the Behaviour

  • Too Raw for Headlines: I Interviewed a Predator — And Everyone Looked Away

    ©️ By Sophie, for The Grooming Files / Real Talk, Real Tea I didn’t write this for pity. I wrote it to expose a mindset the media refuses to face. Over the course of three days, I conducted what should’ve…

    Too Raw for Headlines: I Interviewed a Predator — And Everyone Looked Away