Something that has been known over the years is that the most vulnerable children are particularly vulnerable when they are on the streets, and more so in the late evening / early hours. They are of course vulnerable to men who are around on the streets at that same time.
Therefore I will argue that the real cohort of men in the consideration are those who come into contact with vulnerable girls at that time especially if their work brings them into contact. It is always motive and opportunity that drives crime.
Those men with the most opportunity are those in lower paid night work, those working in fast food joints and mini-cab drivers. These are the types of work that can very often be taken up by those who as a demographic find the most difficulty finding well-paid work in the UK, ie people from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and some black ethnic groups.
It is interesting to see that mini-cab drivers that have been particularly known to be involved in a range of offences related to drug supply, child sexual abuses, etc are not identified as the target group of men. Mini cab drivers come from a range of ethnicities, including white men.
It is rather more convenient for those with a political agenda of some sort to point the finger at Pakistani men rather than those with the greatest opportunity.
And I will say this out loud to any audience; the claims made by Braverman, Badenoch et al against Pakistani men are for these reasons are essentially racist in their nature.
It was on the Conservatives watch that the opportunities for child sex offenders rose with the long lasting cuts to public services including mental health services, social workers police officers, police station numbers, courts, prison officers, prison accommodation, probation officers, etc. Specialist services were most at risk during austerity due to the higher costs associated with them.
