> most rape accusations are false That does a disservice to the very large number of rape victims out there. Some rape accusations are false, but to claim the

> most rape accusations are false That does a disservice to the very large number of rape victims out there. Some rape accusations are false, but to claim the majority of them is false would require a citation I think. Indeed. I've often heard that claim from people who don't (or don't want to) believe that in most cases of rape the victim knows the perpetrator. According to statistics in Sweden, only one third of rapes are performed by someone unknown to the victim[1]. There was a case like this on TV here recently, where a young boy who has been found guilty of rape (twice!) gets a lot of sympathy from his community while the victims are trash-talked along the lines of "she actually wanted it and changed her mind later"[2]. 1: (swedish pdf) http://www.bra.se/extra/measurepoint/?module_instance=4&name=2008_13_V_ldt_kt_mot_personer_15__r_och__ldre_webb.pdf&url=/dynamaster/file_archive/090206/440830a000c40c402bf765c88ba70b5e/2008%255f13%255fV%255fldt%255fkt%255fmot%255fpersoner%255f15%255f%255fr%255foch%255f%255fldre%255fwebb.pdf http://www.bra.se/extra/measurepoint/?module_instance=4&... 2: (more swedish) http://www.google.se/search?q=uppdrag+granskning+v%C3%A5ldt%C3%A4kt&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:sv-SE:official&client=firefox-a http://www.google.se/search?q=uppdrag+granskning+v%C3%A5ldt%... [edit, added] Oh, I also forgot one very interesting question: why would a woman falsely accuse someone of rape? In the case of a custody battle I can see the logic, but what would be the gain of accusing an acquaintance (who account for a third of reported rapes)? If it's a case of "did something she later regrets", wouldn't it be a lot easier to just deny that it ever happened?