Are 95% of women liars?

Question

In Britain, Rape Cases Seldom Result in a Conviction

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052803583.html?referrer=emailarticle

The judge thought the accused rapist was a man of 'good character' and he got off.

Only 5.7 percent of rapes officially recorded by police in England and Wales end in a conviction.

"What are they saying?" Davies asked. "That 95 percent of women that come forward are telling lies?"

According to government figures, 14,000 cases a year are reported and 19 out of 20 defendants walk free.

A 2005 report commissioned by the police found a "culture of skepticism" in the justice system when it came to rape cases, and recommended shifting the focus from seeking reasons not to believe the accuser to gathering evidence to support the charge.

(Please read the article --NO TROLLS ALLOWED!)

Why do judges think women are liars? Why are rapists granted such impunity?

Answer 1

The question itself is improper. How does not getting a conviction equate to lying.

I assume they could double the conviction rate if women reported the rape right away versus waiting a few days leaving no evidence.That creates a he said she said scenario.

No, I am not blaming the women for not reporting right away,

I can understand the mental aspects.

The police need better training and have special units to investigate rape. Learning on the job with no trained or experienced help, doesn't help the conviction rates either.

Answer 2

Actually, it would be 94.3%.

Answer 3

no, but 95% of men are

Answer 4

NO, they are not lying.  When a woman says NO, then any further s*x a man has with her beyond that is rape.

No means No.  STOP means STOP.  It doesn't matter at what point it is said. Once it is said, then the other person must stop or it is rape....AND it doesn't matter if a 16 year old girl consents to s*x with a legal-aged guy - If the girl is underage then that is statutory rape....It is clear to me that the guys who rape just don't want to see themselves as rapists, so they say the women were asking for it.  Some men believe that a woman has no right to change her mind about wanting s*x,  and a drunk woman deserves whatever she gets.  Such men are pigs and they just believe that once s*x begins, there's no turning back.  This IS another kind of rape.

I am certain that most rapes reported are the TRUTH....Just think of the rapes happening that women are too afraid to report, too.

Answer 5

I agree partly with Bob, there is often too many "grey" areas within a rape case. It can become very easy to set a precedence of convicting men who are truly innocent...However....the revenge card is so old it is boring! Too many men claim that women report rapes in "revenge"..BULL! It is an easy and totally ignorant argument from a gender known for their "boy's clubs".

I am currently experiencing the trial process for rape, and I have to tell you that it sucks, and any woman brave enough to put herself in such a harsh environment deserves a medal! Mine was supposedly an open and shut case. The guy was captured by police immediately after they witnessed him throwing my semi naked body down my stairs. He was not known to me before this day, so I have no need for revenge, and he is suspected to be involved in several other rapes in my local area. This case is going to drag on for years and years as even though it was an open and shut case, and he had left so much evidence even the CIA could have found him, he has some pretty good lawyers who are pulling out every trick in the book. It sucks! And it is because of men like Bob that this c**p drags on so darn long!

Answer 6

I don't even know 95% of women, but as a guess I'd say no, rather that they are not believed, which is more an accusation than the truth..

In contrast to Fungus The Funbag, who is becoming quite tedious.

Answer 7

Its a very difficult call, many women think they have been raped when they have not, we had a  drink spiking crisis here, it sounded like women were being targeted in every bar and club around the city, none of the toxicology results showed any traces of drugs, just very high levels of alcohol. I had an American girl for a few months, she said she had been spiked and raped twice in college, i have my doubts because the day after most nights out that we had I would have to tell her who we met, how we got home, why her bum felt funny and things like that.

The skepticism and sometimes flippant attitude towards rape has come from feminists crying rape, some have even gone as far as to cry ALL men are rapists. 1 in 4? Stop crying rape feminists and the world will be more sympathetic.

Answer 8

Yes.

Answer 9

In these types of cases it is far more ethical to assume a person is innocent unless they can be proven guilty.  I would rather a guilty person get away with something than for a possibly innocent person to be punished and looked down upon for the rest of their life.  From my experience, many women will stop at nothing to get their "revenge" upon a man who they have chosen to dislike.  The courts should not participate in these types of attack.

Answer 10

No, it's just that rape is hard to prove. I don't know as much about the court systems in the UK (although based on what I do know, the general concept is similar), but in the US, the burden of proof is on the prosecution. This means that if it cannot be proved beyond all reasonable doubt that the man on trial is a rapist, then he cannot be convicted.

Usually rape cases are a matter of her word against his, and because the accused are innocent until proven guilty, the judges have to side with them unless adequate proof is presented. (Proof meaning things like vaginal tearing and bruising, s***n inside the v****a, skin under the woman's fingernails, etc.) To do otherwise is to risk putting an innocent man in jail.