In the words of cultural icon Onika Tanya Maraj, “Uh Oh, Back again”

This subreddit has been quite illuminating when it comes to mens issues overall. I’ve definitely enjoyed learning about much of the issues facing men today. I’m still a little recalcitrant about some of the activities here (people like Elizabeth Hobson, Christina Hoff Sommers, and other “individualist” libertarian thinkers are a little too accepted) and I’m still confused as to whether the style of leftism here is more neoliberal or socialist. Either way, I’m back and hoping we can reach clarity once more (not of the post-nut kind, I hope (unless you’re gay/bi and that’s your thing)).

False accusations. Hate them, despised, they are the haute topic and devil’s advocate of rape culture, #metoo, and cancel culture related to sexual assault in today’s society. Transcripts such as those in Elizabeth Hobson’s “History of Feminism” call out feminism for its seemingly witch-hunt style of going about calling out sexual assault in all its forms. Debates over what constitutes sexual assault and the assault continuum are still hotly contested, and questions on punishment and penance are contested even more. Regardless, research on false accusations is hotly contested and suppressed, and we have everything from feminist apologia to rape apologia in the discourse about this topic. And so for this research escapade, I’m asking for a few things:

Before we continue, a false accusation as I choose to define it is an accusation that has been proven false, NOT an accusation that has insufficient evidence or has led to an acquittal in a legal trial. While I’m sure such instances can reveal false accusations, I reserve the heaviest weight for statistics that only include confirmed false accusations. If you are going to link studies outside of this scope, please let me know prior to linking it below

I mainly want US Statistics as a US resident, but feel free to include statistics from other countries as well.

I will split this into 2 parts; False accusations of RAPE (non consensual sex of all forms) and False accusations of ASSAULT (non consensual harassment of all forms, not including non consensual sex)

(A) For RAPE:

1) Statistics on confirmed false accusations nationwide, as well as on a regional basis.

2) Demographics of false accusers and the falsely accused, including race, class, and gender (as women can also be falsely accused, Zora Neale Hurston comes to mind).

3) Motivations of false accusers. Sometimes false accusations occur due to malicious intent on the part of the accuser. Sometimes society convinces the accuser that a certain person was their attacker despite the accuser not being certain themselves. Sometimes it is parents coercing children into a false accusation. Is there a cultural motivation? Can we find research for motivations, and if not, a reason for the lack thereof?

4) Harm caused due to false accusations. Is there quantifiable research that investigates the damage done as a result of these false accusations?

(B) For SEXUAL HARASSMENT:

1) How was sexual harassment defined in each instance of false accusation? How did that definition matter in the exoneration of the falsely accused?

2) Demographics, just like above.

3) Motivation, just like above.

4) Harm caused, just like above.

I’m not asking everyone here to participate in both sections. Feel free to pick and choose what you respond to. I only ask that you label what you will be responding to when you provide a study. For example, if your research paper investigates motivations for falsely accused sexual harassment, label it B3 before mentioning the paper.

Thanks, and I once again await your responses.