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  • About half of rape allegations reported to police are already false

    It seems like this number varies from 1% to 70% depending on what measurements you take. Rape is nearly impossible to prove or disprove, as the action usually happens in private and even if there’s DNA evidence, you can just say it was consensual, so I’m not sure how you can get to the matter that any percent are true or false with any certainty.

    Maybe the complainant said there was no rape after being intimidated, or deciding that the legal battle isn’t worth it?


  • spireghost@lemmy.ziptoWTF@lemmy.wtfWhat the fuck are you saying??
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    11 days ago

    Why not both?

    People who have been raped – could be too intimidated, but that doesn’t speak for those who haven’t.

    I know that the “false accusation” crowd is vastly overexaggerated, but if you HAD to report a rape to get access to an abortion when you needed one, it could actually cause motivation for it, too.

    And then that circles back, people assuming that when you’re reporting a rape it might be a false accusation because you want an abortion.