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Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False?

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On 03/03/2016 00:32, Jeanne Douglas wrote:
> In article <part1of1.1.dXHr8G3CwGHgew@ue.ph>,
>   Malcolm McMahon <malcolm@theriomorph.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>>> In article <djlvb8Fb9n9U1@mid.individual.net>,
>>> "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 01/03/2016 16:28, Malcolm McMahon wrote:
>>>>> On Monday, 29 February 2016 04:12:56 UTC, Bill Tucker  wrote:
>>>>>> By Megan McArdle How many women falsely accuse men of rape?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Rape's tricky. Not the dragging into the bushes kind, but "date
>>>>> rape". Rape's tricky because it hinges on consent, which can be
>>>>> slippery and subjective impressions, which can, and often are, edited
>>>>> in recall because we want to write a better story.
>>>>
>>>> Which, by the sound of it, is what Julian Assange fell foul of.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I imagine that there are quite common instances where the man
>>>>> genuinely doesn't believe that what he did was rape, while the woman
>>>>> genuinely believes that it was.
>>>>>
>>>>> Consequently it's impossible to even estimate how many accusations
>>>>> are false.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That aside, the men's names are quite commonly publicised in the press
>>>> whereas the women are permitted to remain anonymous.  In cases where a
>>>> prosecution fails or even in cases where it is clear that the woman has
>>>> made a false accusation, she continues to enjoy the protection of
>>>> anonymity.  This makes it all the harder to establish even reasonable
>>>> approximations of such instances.
>>>
>>>
>>> That it sometimes hides false accusers, it's a small price to pay to
>>> defend all the women who are survivors.
>>
>> A false alegation of Rape can ruin a man's life as completely as genuine rape
>> can ruin a woman's
>>
>> Sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander.
>
>
> Any woman who files a false rape report is making it harder for all the
> women who actually were raped and not believed. It's absolutely
> despicable.
>
> They should spend the time in prison that a rapist would.
>

I wouldn't even go that far.  There are other charges that could and 
should be filed against such persons: perverting the course of justice 
and perjury spring to mind.

At the very least she should be deprived of her anonymity, and she 
should be banned from profiting from her deeds (selling her stories to 
the media).

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How Many Rape Reports Are False? "Bill Tucker" <btucker@outlook.com> - 2016-02-29 05:03 +0100
  Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-02-28 21:45 -0800
    Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? & <ampersand.the.great@gmail.com> - 2016-02-29 13:35 -0500
  Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-01 08:28 -0800
    Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-01 16:46 +0000
      Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-03-01 16:38 -0800
        Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Malcolm McMahon <malcolm@theriomorph.me.uk> - 2016-03-02 13:52 +0000
          Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? "Let Cos. Be - No Justice For Sluts" <opuzayo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-02 12:43 -0800
            Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Hope Simmers <Hope_Simmers@hotmail.com> - 2016-03-02 13:35 -0800
            Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com> - 2016-03-03 00:05 -0500
              Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-03-02 21:53 -0800
          Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-03-02 16:32 -0800
            Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-03 10:25 +0000
              Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-03 02:41 -0800
                Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-03 18:40 +0000
                Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-04 03:14 -0800
              Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-03-03 14:05 -0800
                Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-04 16:00 +0000
  Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Jefferson Was A Slave Molester <kolwezzi@astromail.com> - 2016-03-01 08:39 -0800
    Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com> - 2016-03-01 23:41 -0500
      Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-03-02 01:40 -0800
        Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? "james g. keegan jr." <jgkeegan@gmaîl.com> - 2016-03-02 10:20 -0800
        Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? "Let Cos. Be - No Justice For Sluts" <opuzayo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-02 12:38 -0800
          Re: How Many Rape Reports Are False? Hope Simmers <Hope_Simmers@hotmail.com> - 2016-03-02 13:32 -0800

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