Do not describe sexual abuse of children as "grooming" by "grooming gangs"

I want the Government and Parliament to stop using the words "grooming" and "grooming gangs". I feel they are euphemisms being used in official publications to describe horrible, violent sexual abuse of children including rape, torture, kidnapping and imprisonment.

This petition closed on 25 Sep 2025 with 241 signatures


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I think that the use of euphemisms to describe criminal offences does considerable harm. A 12-year-old child who has been raped may not think she has been "groomed".


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