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Thousands of women experience sexual violence, every day. What gets Hacker News as excited as the end of Flash? The rare false accusation.
by matt4077 9y ago
Thousands of women experience sexual violence, every day.
What gets Hacker News as excited as the end of Flash? The rare false accusation.
- ruleabidinguser 9y agoI guess we're all evil women haters then
- matt4077 9y agoBy and large, yes. (Although, and it bears repeating: in this case everyone is hating on those women running around falsely accusing good upstanding men just for the fun of it, without ever realising that the false accuser in this case is actually a man)
- stillkicking 9y agoThe idea that false rape accusations are extremely rare and hence don't matter is a) not supported by evidence and b) unjust even if it were true. If you are concerned about this topic, perhaps you should aim your complaints at the people caught time and time again carrying water for girls who cried wolf, even after their lies fell apart. Mattress girl comes to mind. Drop the obsessive notion of treating women as automatic victims and start seeking actual gender equality, and you will stop seeing a gender-based backlash. I also don't really see the point of complaining that people assume the accuser is female, when you bring up women as victims yourself without context.
- Chris2048 9y agoWhat should make the news? The usual events, or the unusual ones?