Stranger Wrote:Notice above that 41% of rape cases were found to be false allegations.
YinYang Wrote:I'm sorry Stranger, but this is simply not true...
The truth about false rape accusations
I'm not oblivious to the fact that these things happen, but let's not silence the voices exposing a global epidemic of unthinkable scale with something else that pales into insignificance at this stage.
From your article...
What kind of person makes false rape accusations?
False rape accusations loom large in the cultural imagination. We don’t forget the big ones: The widely-read 2014 Rolling Stone article, later retracted, about a brutal gang rape at the University of Virginia; the 2006 accusations against innocent members of the Duke University lacrosse team. These cases are readily cited by defense attorneys and Republican lawmakers and anyone else who wants a reason to discuss the dangers of false allegations. What if a woman has consensual sex, and then regrets it the next day? What if a woman gets dumped by her boyfriend and decides to accuse him of rape as revenge? What if she’s just doing it for attention? Are false accusations reaching epidemic levels in today’s hard-drinking hookup culture, where the lines of consent have been blurred? Critics argue that reports of rape should be treated with more caution, since men’s lives are so often ruined by women’s malicious lies.[...]
Quote:Kanin reported that 41% of 109 consecutive rape cases investigated by the police department of a small, Midwestern city over a 9-year period were determined to be false reports.
https://icdv.idaho.gov/conference/handou...ations.pdf