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I agree with you, but I do think that as a society we need to think about mechanisms to prevent false accusations and wrongful convictions. Both sexes can have

I agree with you, but I do think that as a society we need to think about mechanisms to prevent false accusations and wrongful convictions. Both sexes can have immoral motivations [1]. In general, people are more likely to believe the word of a woman over the word of a man. So if a woman accuses a man of something, unless he can prove his innocence, he's got I would estimate a 3/4 chance of being found guilty of whatever the crime is. I think we need some way to rebalance that. All laws and prosecutorial systems should be designed with misuse in mind, because misuse will happen. We should always think, "if I felt wronged by some person and wanted to get revenge, using the system as a weapon and being willing to lie, could I successfully use the system to get my revenge?" And I think in many cases in our current systems the answer is yes, misuse is very much possible. I won't even bother to describe any scenarios, because I'm sure we can all imagine them. Well, here's one [2] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDpvwWWzJuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDpvwWWzJuk [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLowHT_ytBs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLowHT_ytBs Other links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGE-3ioAlmQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGE-3ioAlmQ

Falling3 5y ago
I don't actually disagree with anything you've said... but I don't know what point you're trying to make in the context of replying to the parent comment.
- ashtonkem 5y ago
  I was genuinely wondering too.
  - epicureanideal 5y ago
    I had to answer in a bit of a roundabout way to avoid being mistakenly thought to be saying things I'm not saying. It's tough these days.
    - ashtonkem 5y ago
      Now nobody has any clue what you’re saying, which is maybe not great, but probably not as bad as whatever you’re fearing.
    - Falling3 5y ago
      I still don't understand where you were trying to go with your comment. If one person comments about the fact that marital rape and other forms are rape are treated differently and your response is to be wary of false accusations, I'm going to have an uncharitable reading of your comment. I'm just trying to understand what your actual intention was.

Falling3 5y ago

I don't actually disagree with anything you've said... but I don't know what point you're trying to make in the context of replying to the parent comment.

ashtonkem 5y ago
I was genuinely wondering too.
- epicureanideal 5y ago
  I had to answer in a bit of a roundabout way to avoid being mistakenly thought to be saying things I'm not saying. It's tough these days.
  - ashtonkem 5y ago
    Now nobody has any clue what you’re saying, which is maybe not great, but probably not as bad as whatever you’re fearing.
  - Falling3 5y ago
    I still don't understand where you were trying to go with your comment. If one person comments about the fact that marital rape and other forms are rape are treated differently and your response is to be wary of false accusations, I'm going to have an uncharitable reading of your comment. I'm just trying to understand what your actual intention was.