{"id":33472,"date":"2024-02-06T14:05:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T14:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=33472"},"modified":"2024-02-06T14:29:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T14:29:45","slug":"i-didnt-know-what-was-acceptable-girl-abused-at-13-says-young-people-normalised-online-predatory-behaviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/i-didnt-know-what-was-acceptable-girl-abused-at-13-says-young-people-normalised-online-predatory-behaviour\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I didn’t know what was acceptable’ – Girl abused at 13 says young people ‘normalised’ online predatory behaviour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A lack of knowledge about what constitutes online child sexual abuse led to Gen Z adults normalising their experiences, according to an abuse victim.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chloe, 21 from Cardiff, who has requested her name to be changed, told CJS News that when she was in school, there wasn’t enough education on what was acceptable and what was not on the internet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said sites like Omegle enabled men to expose themselves to children anonymously, but that at the time, she just thought it was normal for that to happen: “We didn’t realise that it was an issue, that old men were exposing themselves on the internet to kids.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added that it was through sites like this that she first saw an indecent image at the age of 13 which left her “shocked and confused”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She continued by saying that it became normalised amongst older Gen Zs: \u201cI feel like when you say it to someone our age, you just go: “Oh my gosh, same,\u201d and you can relate to it, and we just all have the same experience but that\u2019s actually not normal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She believes if there had been more awareness around online child sex abuse and grooming, then she wouldn’t have accepted this behaviour. She said: “I think if we were told about safety precautions or about having private accounts, not doing things in public, and making sure you know who you\u2019re accepting to follow you, then we\u2019d have been less exposed to other people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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