So, grooming is when a perpetrator gains trust from their victim. They want the victim to become comfortable with them. They want to make sure that a victim will keep secrets, and they just continue to push the boundaries of what is acceptable inappropriate behavior. They try to normalize just slowly. Sometimes it can be favors, you know, gifts that the perpetrator is giving, showing special treatment to their victim. But the biggest thing is teaching the victim to trust them.
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