
The class prejudice of the so-called experts blinded them to the sexual abuse of working-class girls.
In 2009, I completed my PhD thesis – an intense, five-year-long piece of research into the experiences and treatment of working-class women. The research was carried out on a council estate in Nottingham, which had also been my home for over 20 years. The women’s story was also my story. I explored how they had been devalued and demeaned from school onwards – by the media, politicians, charities and those on the other side of the desk in housing offices and welfare services.









The child victims of rape were denied justice and protection from the state to preserve the image of a successful multicultural society


