Once unleashed, a false rape claim often is impossible to control

swizzcheez · 2010-09-27T12:32:36+00:00

Yup. Knew a guy that was falsely accused of raping a girl. Six months he spent in the brig. Turns out the girl just regretted sleeping with him, so she called it rape. When they apologized to him for the false accusations, he asked "Well who's going to give the last six months of my life back to me?"

JayTS · 2010-09-27T19:41:47+00:00

I knew at least 4 guys at my time in college who dropped out and never finished school due to false rape charges. Some girl gets drunk, sleeps with him, regrets it, and calls it rape. Those are just people I knew personally, too, not all the cases at the whole university at that time.

evileddy · 2010-09-27T14:59:00+00:00

Friend of mine was accused of raping a girl at a party.

Turns out the girl slept with eight.. EIGHT dudes at that party and was trying to prevent her reputation from being ruined.

But from the moment my friend was accused .. and even after people treated him differently.

Thanks chick! Hope you meet karma in a dark alley some evening!

nepidae · 2010-09-28T01:57:20+00:00

False rape claims have hurt real rape victims terribly. I'm sure there are a lot of people now who at least question a rape claim, if not outright ignore it because of the way some women have used it to hurt men or help themselves.

Sylocat · 2010-09-27T17:32:38+00:00

Any untrue accusation is hard to control once it's unleashed.

samarye · 2010-09-29T04:37:37+00:00

Women are already educated about the danger and seriousness of being raped. Educating women at the same about the danger and seriousness of falsely accusing someone of rape could reduce the occurrence of false accusations, especially in cases where women or girls honestly don't realize how much damage they will cause to the person they're accusing.

Edit: For example, formal education occurs in some sex ed classes and many programs for college freshmen, but the programs I've seen don't give much information on what a rape accusation does to the accused. That kind of information should be added in.

TheLotusEater · 2010-09-27T20:42:32+00:00

Men need to stand up for themselves and stop giving their money to organizations that support this misogynist shit (Macy's & VAWA I'm looking at you). Elect someone to office with half of a brain and the desire to cater to the issues men face. Obama and Biden were a bad choice. Those two are the biggest feminist supporters you'll find.

nanomagnetic · 2010-09-28T04:48:30+00:00

In a lot the stories referenced it was men carrying out vigilante justice against falsely accused men.

Title	Once unleashed, a false rape claim often is impossible to control
Author	PierceHarlan
Upvotes	83
Comments	54
Date	September 27, 2010 12:12 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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