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False accusations, as you are suggesting in "a woman has just claim without any proof and the guy is just ruined," are exceedingly rare. For rape, the best est
by Frondo 8y ago
False accusations, as you are suggesting in "a woman has just claim without any proof and the guy is just ruined," are exceedingly rare.
For rape, the best estimates are 2% to 10% percent of accusations are false, according to this, which looks pretty thorough: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_accusation_of_rape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_accusation_of_rape
You are free to be wary of it, but that fear is not grounded in observable evidence (of which there isn't much, but it is certainly better than anecdote, hearsay, or fiction).
- dragonsngoblins 8y ago10% isn't exactly what I'd call rare. 1 in 10 is uncommon, but it is certainly the kind of thing I'd worry about in other situations. Hell even @% (if I had a 2% chance of getting assaulted by everyone I met for example I'd be a shut in). Obviously that isn't a fair comparison and I find this isn't actually an area I'm concerned about for whatever reason... But I wouldn't call it "exceedingly rare" with the numbers you gave
- hajile 8y agoThat take is grossly misleading. Around 15% of rape allegations are proven true. 2-10% are proven false (either a solid alibi or a later confession from the supposed victim). The remaining 75% of cases are neither proved nor disproved. If you are accused, but don't have enough evidence of your innocence (or they don't have evidence of guilt), the case is not prosecuted or results in a hung jury. The most you can accurately say is that for every 2 convictions there is one person falsely accused.