Circa 2010: Fact Sheet: False Reporting Of Rape is published by the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence.
The above was probably published 2012 on but its vacuous contents have been going the rounds for decades. It begins with an extremely narrow definition of a false report - prove a negative, dude, or take the lady at face value.
There follows the usual garbage about the scarcity of false allegations; check out this page for the numerous types of false allegations.
The following are said to not be indicators of false allegations:
Delayed report by days, weeks or even years – totally wrong.
Lack of physical injury or DNA evidence – believe the victim.
No weapon was used - true.
Victim is young, homeless or has a mental illness – mental illness does not exist, but women who are not right in the head have less credibility than those who are. If you don’t believe that, tell your girlfriend/wife/sister/mother that a woman like Tracy Brooks is just as credible as her. And don’t forget to duck.
Victim used drugs or alcohol at the time of the attack – neither alcohol, prescription drugs, nor recreational drugs ever impair the user’s perception. And I wasn’t really doing 90mph, officer.
Victim knows the perpetrator – half true, but women who make malicious allegations are more likely to direct that malice against people they know. This applies too for non-sexual offences, and to both men and the young.
Victim was believed to be working in prostitution at the time of the assault – prostitutes are notorious liars.
Victim was engaged in other “risky” behavior at the time of the assault – again, this is a self-evident falsehood if only because women of good character are more credible than disreputable ones. And again, this applies both in other fields and to men.
Lack of cooperation by the victim – why would a victim report a rape and then decide not to co-operate? Because a thorough investigation might well expose her lies and put her in the dock instead of the man she accuses. Here is a classic example; when she was caught out, Katherine Bennett asked if she might withdraw her complaint (see video), but by that time it was too late.
There is a lot more in this vein, and you can guess the last one:
There are legitimate reasons to prosecute someone for a false report. However, such a prosecution will likely be remembered by future victims who fear they won’t be believed and by future jurors who use it as justification for their beliefs that all rape reports are false.
Women should not be held accountable for their bad acts because...Totally pathetic.
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