Investigation reveals 95% of strip searches conducted on children were performed on boys - many illegal - however BBC headline features girl.

Arguesovereverythin · 2022-08-08T13:30:05+00:00

It's infuriating that this issue only became newsworthy to the BBC because a girl was strip searched. The majority of the article features her experience (which was horrifying and definitely deserves attention) but has only 1 line about the 95% of boys that this also happens to buried deep at the bottom of the article.

Many of these boys were searched without their guardian being notified and without the appropriate chaperones present. It's a shame that the only time people show empathy is when women are involved.

Aimless-Nomad · 2022-08-08T14:25:55+00:00

Its BBC. What did you expect?

StudentOfTheTruth1 · 2022-08-08T19:40:40+00:00

Women are the new ruling class and members of the lower class are not entitled to the respect that is demanded for the members of the ruling class.

RevolutionTime3194 · 2022-08-08T13:30:22+00:00

How are child strip searches legal whatsoever

Great-Gap1030 · 2022-08-08T17:48:50+00:00

"According to the latest Met Police figures, analysed by the children's commissioner for England, 650 children were strip-searched by police in London between 2018 and 2020.
More than 95% of those children were boys, and 58% of the boys searched were black.
In one year - 2018 - 75% of the boys searched were black."

And yet it's not in the headline!

bottleblank · 2022-08-08T16:49:42+00:00

I suppose, if I'm being optimistic, there's an argument for hooking people in with "oh no, the poor little girl" and then bait and switching that with actual facts about the numbers.

But I'm not that optimistic, and given the way pictures of women and girls are used in all other contexts in news media, I don't see why this would be an exception. It's the same old "thousands die, including four women" crap.

Occultic_giraffe · 2022-08-09T06:59:45+00:00

One thing I learned in highschool is that a female isn't getting strip searched without a female cop being the one to do it if it's even done. I've actually watched one girl hide some prescription drugs in her breasts once before a cop came and pulled her from class to search her.

Title	Investigation reveals 95% of strip searches conducted on children were performed on boys - many illegal - however BBC headline features girl.
Author	Arguesovereverythin
Upvotes	219
Comments	13
Date	August 8, 2022 1:25 PM UTC (3 years ago)
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