You know what they say: "the bigger they are, the harder they fall." I don't want to sound overly optimistic or presumptuous, but I think in light of the holes discovered in Rolling Stone's sensational UVA fraternity gang rape story, the mainstream has woken up to the reality of false rape claims. Even mainstream media outlets are running pieces on it now.

Some choice quotes from this column:

But, is that really "rape culture?" What does that silly phrase mean? It means the same thing as Jim Crow stories of rape meant. It means the same thing that Tawana Brawley meant. It means that someone has an agenda, and they want to harness the emotional power of rape to promote it.

Love that example. I don't believe that "rape culture" is just some feminist conspiracy to lock up innocent men, but it is just as much part of an agenda as the Jim Crow era false rape lynchings of black men. Obviously, racism was the motivator there. But I'll bet that many of the lynchings' perpetrators truly believed that black men were sexual aggressors who preyed on innocent white women and had to be punished. They also believed that they were capable of discerning the truth and carrying out extralegal justice. And most probably lost no sleep if any of their victims truly were innocent.

The same is probably true for today's "rape culture" fear-mongers. Many probably truly believe that men are inherently dangerous to women, that alleged perpetrators of rape can be justly punished and convicted sans due process or the legal system, and that if any innocent men get trampled with the guilty ones, it's no loss to them.

The story confirmed what I wanted to believe: that the elite run roughshod over the rest of us. It proved so much, and I "knew" which side was right. And it confirmed the bias of left-wing academics who have collectively decided that the "war on boys" must have more victims, because everything with a penis is a rapist.

Note how he uses "war on boys" and not "war on men." Masculinity is attacked from a young age.

This is the kind of "believe the victim" mentality that is so darkly infecting academia. "Presumed guilty" is the new standard. Patrick Whitt is the new Tom Robinson, the black man accused of the rape in "To Kill a Mockingbird." Due process loses, ethics are out the window, because there is an agenda, and it needs the fuel of a rape story.

I won't go as far as to say this is the straw that will break the camel's back, but I do believe that the days of being able to get away with false rape claims with impunity are waning. I'd add that while I agree with the author, I don't think it's just agenda-pushing. Frankly, I think the media is lazy and will tell whatever stories sell. Rape stories sell.

Stories like Rolling Stone's UVA rape piece are an insult to all of us who truly abhor rape and desire nothing but justice for the true victims of rape. "Rape culture" hysteria damages them perhaps more than anyone else.