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Hell, studies have said anywhere between 2% to 90%[0] of rape reports are false, but telling that a rape is false / true is _incredibly_ hard due to it basicall
by codefined 9y ago
Hell, studies have said anywhere between 2% to 90%[0] of rape reports are false, but telling that a rape is false / true is _incredibly_ hard due to it basically being "he says" vs. "she says".
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_accusation_of_rape#Rumney_.282006.29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_accusation_of_rape#Rumne...
- DanBC 9y agoFor clarity: the larger more rigorous studies put it much closer to the 2% end.
- asdfasfhretwt 9y ago-
- mnem 9y agoThe 90% figure from that list is described by the study which listed it as from an unreliable/untested research methodology with a small sample size (18 cases). It looks more like ~20% is a more common upper bound for the figures listed.