Yesterday /u/PierceHarlan brought to our attention that "Jackie" from the Rolling Stones article's "rape" case would be counted on the 1in5 survey had she been polled. In relation to this, do people think that surveys like this should include questions regarding to whether people have been accused falsely of sexual assault and/or rape?

My position would be; that for the purpose of clarity, this should be included as a necessity in these surveys. There's no burden of evidence in an anonymous survey and as the 1in5 survey illustrate numbers can be artificially inflated in a number of different way's, however if a survey comes back and show that 1in5 women where raped like this one claimed, but that 23% of men where falsely accused that would be very telling. I use the 23% figure since it's the highest speculative number I've heard regarding the number of rapes that are false so don't take it as anything absolute or other than speculative, but if such a number was to come out, it would be impossible to deny the huge problem society has in regards to it's perception of victims as borderline infallible. It would force people to reevaluate their position as every time something like the Rolling Stones article happens you could point at the number and say "This is not a rare occurrence, people do cry rape; are you sure you want to make up your mind about this so readily? Let the legal system do it's job, then decide."