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Is this theoretical or do you have an example of a case where a woman publicly made detailed accusations which turned out to be false? Edit: This is an honest

by Gatsky 6y ago

Is this theoretical or do you have an example of a case where a woman publicly made detailed accusations which turned out to be false? Edit: This is an honest question by the way. Thanks to those who did provide some examples.

jchallis 6y ago
There are known outliers : famously the Rolling Stone UVA rape case. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/29/rolling-stone-rape-story-uva-five-years https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/29/rolling-ston... I do not think that's applicable here. I think this woman was coerced into nonconsensual sex.
vsareto 6y ago
I'm fairly certain that exists, but it's actually not a requirement to never have false accusations before justice can be pursued. In the same hypothetical where character assassinations can be organized and bring someone down with false accusations, the same can be true of defending someone as well. Multiple people coordinating by speaking in defense of someone against accusations are just as possible. I'd even speculate and say there's more instances of coordinated defense happening more often than false accusations, as powerful people being protected from accusations is what started MeToo
merb 6y ago
Johnny Depp? I'm pretty sure in this case that both might have been toxic.
FireBeyond 6y ago
UVA Rape Scandal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rape_on_Campus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rape_on_Campus "Mean Girls" (five high school girls make up sexual assault allegations that they later admit were "because we didn't like him", school then did nothing to punish the girls): https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018/10/15/A-cautionary-tale-Seneca-Valley-School-District-MeToo-Girls-admit-falsely-accusing-boy/stories/201810150017 https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018/10/15/A...
secondcoming 6y ago
'Mattress girl' https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University_rape_controversy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University_rape_con...

by Gatsky 6y ago

jchallis 6y ago

There are known outliers : famously the Rolling Stone UVA rape case. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/29/rolling-stone-rape-story-uva-five-years https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/29/rolling-ston... I do not think that's applicable here. I think this woman was coerced into nonconsensual sex.

vsareto 6y ago

I'm fairly certain that exists, but it's actually not a requirement to never have false accusations before justice can be pursued. In the same hypothetical where character assassinations can be organized and bring someone down with false accusations, the same can be true of defending someone as well. Multiple people coordinating by speaking in defense of someone against accusations are just as possible. I'd even speculate and say there's more instances of coordinated defense happening more often than false accusations, as powerful people being protected from accusations is what started MeToo

merb 6y ago

Johnny Depp? I'm pretty sure in this case that both might have been toxic.

FireBeyond 6y ago

UVA Rape Scandal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rape_on_Campus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rape_on_Campus "Mean Girls" (five high school girls make up sexual assault allegations that they later admit were "because we didn't like him", school then did nothing to punish the girls): https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018/10/15/A-cautionary-tale-Seneca-Valley-School-District-MeToo-Girls-admit-falsely-accusing-boy/stories/201810150017 https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018/10/15/A...

secondcoming 6y ago

'Mattress girl' https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University_rape_controversy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University_rape_con...