i think it's quite difficult to fully track change because this is an area that's quite under researched and underreported. but we know that the majority of girls report things like unwanted touching, groping, being pressured and pestered to send nudes. that that is so frequent, it's become a part of everyday life to the point where they wouldn't bother reporting it because itjust feels like it's a normal part of the day. eight out of ten of the victims reporting to the police in our new figures were girls. more than one in ten of the alleged abusers were aged ten or under. it's hard to believe so many children are subjecting each other to this sort of abuse, but the weight of the evidence is very hard to ignore. so how did we get to this position, where early sexual experiences for so many