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Postscript. Another issue that I have with the term "grooming" is an implicit understanding that the victim (gen. a juvenile) is compliant i.e. a willing participant. They are victims - mentally, psychologically, emotionally, financially - who are preyed upon by those with power and influence. There is a majority/minority inequality that the pedophile / sexual predator / child abuser uses to their advantage, with no concern for their victim. Psychological control of the victim. 
 @c17393bb it also implies that sexuality is a choice. Conservatives just can't get beyond the 1970s