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> You might start with a scenario which is, by construction unfair... So... you're countering one strawman with another? >I can't understand how or why anyone

> You might start with a scenario which is, by construction unfair... So... you're countering one strawman with another? >I can't understand how or why anyone would want this to be how things work It's a hypothetical scenario, a strawman, so of course not. Is this actually how things work? Do you have any stats about wrongful accusations to back up your ideas? My personal experience from speaking to women who have actually suffered abuse at the hands of men is that the problem is very much the other way around - nobody believes them and brushes it off exactly as you are doing.

javajosh 5y ago
>So... you're countering one strawman with another? A strawman is when you misrepresent another person's argument. What I've done is present a hypothetical situation, apply the GP's prescribed view to it, and asked if it's fair. It is basically a kind of "proof by contradiction" where you assume the opposite of what you want to prove, apply it to a situation and show a contradiction, and so it must be false. I think it's a pretty strong, argument, actually.