Guys, you can stop worrying about false rape allegations. They’re extremely rare
3 years, 11 months ago

Guys, you can stop worrying about false rape allegations. They’re extremely rare

ABC  

We've been covering a lot of stories about rape allegations lately. "It doesn't necessarily mean that 5 per cent of survivors who have reported, have maliciously made up false reports," she said. Dr Fileborn said it's a "huge misconception" that false reports are common, and that myth is likely rooted in misogyny, sexism, and historical stereotypes about womens' trustworthiness in the criminal justice system. But Dr Fileborn said you only need to look at the recent experience of Brittany Higgins to know making an allegation is by no means "easy". "How true is that, when most of these cases aren't being reported and even for those that are reported, something like 2 per cent end up with a successful conviction," said Dr Fileborn.

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'False Allegation Of Rape Causes Distress & Humiliation To Accused': Supreme Court Acquits Man After 23 Years In Rape Case
1 year, 4 months ago

'False Allegation Of Rape Causes Distress & Humiliation To Accused': Supreme Court Acquits Man After 23 Years In Rape Case

Live Law  

A false allegation of rape can cause equal distress, humiliation, and damage to the accused as well, said the Supreme Court while acquitting a man in a case for the offence of rape. While a conviction in a rape case can be based solely on the testimony of the prosecutrix, the Court said that caution and diligence must be exercised …

Report into handling of rape cases finds ‘explicit victim blaming’ and disbelief
2 years, 3 months ago

Report into handling of rape cases finds ‘explicit victim blaming’ and disbelief

The Independent  

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Men are 230 times more likely to be raped than wrongly called a rapist
5 years, 5 months ago

Men are 230 times more likely to be raped than wrongly called a rapist

The Independent  

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Rolling Stone have let down survivors of rape with with a staggering failure of investigative journalism
9 years, 11 months ago

Rolling Stone have let down survivors of rape with with a staggering failure of investigative journalism

The Independent  

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What Cops Are Really Thinking When a Woman Claims She Was Raped
10 years, 4 months ago

What Cops Are Really Thinking When a Woman Claims She Was Raped

Slate  

Fewer than half of rapes committed in the U.S. are reported to the police, and the vast majority of reported rapes never lead to arrests. One officer told Venema that when a rape report is called in, they’ve “got to decide as a department how much resources we want to put into this.” In other words, that cop continues, “What’s …

False rape accusations: Why must we pretend they never happen?
10 years, 6 months ago

False rape accusations: Why must we pretend they never happen?

Slate  

In the emotionally charged conversation about rape, few topics are more fraught than that of false allegations. After Oberst dropped the suit, Bustle’s Caroline Pate praised his decision and referred to the saga as “a roller-coaster for both parties”—treating the false accuser and the wrongly accused as morally equivalent—and called the revelation of Oberst’s innocence “crushingly disappointing.” False rape accusations …

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