Why do feminists try to play down the frequency and impact of false rape/abuse charges ? What do they hope ?

Question

to achieve ?

Answer 1

Reality.

False rape allegations are estimated at two percent, same as other felonies.

While it's estimated that only 10 percent of rapes are reported.

It's like worrying that an asteroid is going to hit your house while the flood waters are rising.

Edit: Citations, please. I suspect that 50% estimate can from some whinging nonsense misogynist Web site. I can produce official citations for 2% if asked. To be taken seriously, kindly provide citations for yours.

Answer 2

Hehe, try bringing up the Duke false rape charges here.  Feminists are absolutely silent on the subject.  It's like it never happened.

Answer 3

False rape charges vs real rape charges. Interesting quandary. In a false rape that goes public the man/men are hung before the trial. Like in the Duke case. They have to spend a ton of money in defense of something someone made up. There is no recourse for them to be paid for legal fees and reputation loss. It is a slippery slope. In true rape cases where the women who do come forward, the DA's give hope and understanding. When those women get on the stand they are fair game for the Defense Lawyer to abuse and confuse. Too many people believe that what happens on TV is the truth. Because of TV and the fear that they will be ignored by the police or they will have to explain every dirty detail to a male detective or detectives, most women refuse to come forward. It is shameful that the police and prosecutors can't protect the victim from being victimized. Laws need to be strengthened to ensure the victim is guaranteed privacy and her humanity.

Bill

Answer 4

Professor C: 90% rapes not reported? And your giving Cassius h**l for making up statistics......

Its not common, but neither is rape, its STILL a serious problem.

The problem is that almost no legal action can be taken against a woman(or man, for that matter) who files a false rape charge, and even if the man is acquitted, his life is still screwed up permanently. Actually, thats wrong, i can take legal action against her, but my life is still screwed.

For instance, lets say i'm accused of rape, i'm acquitted, yay! Now i go to apply for a job, and they do a backround check and see that i was accused of rape, you really think they would still hire me over a person with a spotless record.

I think fcking not.......

And it is really more common than some people *cough* Professor *cough* would like to admit.

Answer 5

Well, how frequent are they? The way some people here talk about it, you'd think every man in the world had a chance of being afflicted by it.

Answer 6

That's because false charges are an extremely rare occurrence and because of that, they get all the attention. Meanwhile, there are many more actual rapes that don't get reported or the victim gets blamed or even killed for it. That's what we should be concerned about.

Answer 7

They hope to marginalize anything in the public eye that makes them look as if they are anything but equality seeking.

Answer 8

Please provide a link to back up your facts.

Many more women are raped who don't report it, because of the humiliation. Rape is an extremely difficult crime to prove, as it is usually based on hearsay.

Few women are prepared to go through the trauma of a court case, when they've already gone through the h**l of a rape.  I know rape victims, and they had nothing to gain except justice.

Don't deny them that.  If a woman lies, let her take what the court dishes out.

Answer 9

Because its not frequent-  far more rapes are unreported than are false.  Aren't you concerned there are lots more women afraid to come forward.

Those women who report nonexistent rapes live in their own kind of h**l.  

edit: 2 percent is not a high number- but 90 percent of rapes unreported is!  

Sorry but your 50 percent figure was gotten out of thin air.

EDIT:

If only 1 in 10 rapes are reported- then that leaves 9 out of 10 unreported.   9 out of 10 equals 90 percent, got that?

Answer 10

Rape is one of feminist biggest propaganda.  They want to fool people into believing that there is a "rape epidemic" and that there's a high number of "unreported rape".  They also seek to further expand the definition of rape and lessen the burden of proof on the accuser.   The so much focus on rape completely ignore the other equally serious crime, false allegation of rape; as a result the false accuser often get away with it or get no more than 'a slap on the wrist' for ruin innocent men's life..

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1940...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...

Answer 11

Feminists want all people to be conditioned to think:

MEN= bad, evil, oppresser