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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Try thinking about it this way. What if someone accused you of a horrific crime which you did not commit? However, your name is plastered all over the media linking you to this terrible crime. However, charges are never pressed so you have no opportunity to defend yourself nor clear your name publicly from these charges.

That would completely suck. Your life is ruined. You've done nothing wrong and you have no way to change the outcome.[/quote]

This did happen to an FCPS teacher in No. Virginia.  Charged by a female student with sexual assault.  He fought the charges, went to trial and he won. She was lying.  But he lost his job, can’t get hired and owes the legal fees, which were substantial.[/quote]

This happens. But it is SO, SO much more rare than rapists getting away with rape. (Many of them over and over again, many of them leaving a woman dead or severely injured.)
 There is little incentive for a woman to falsely report rape. There is sadly little incentive for her to report rape period. Reporting it often makes her life worse. THIS is what we need to change. Be more supportive of women who were raped, making her safety a priority.

And besides rape, just violence against women period. We need to stop being so accepting of it. It starts with language. Pay attention to the violence in the language of those around you, never mind the more obvious advertising and movie industry, never mind the world of video games, which is rife with insane sexist violence. Maybe these rapey frat boys spent high school steeped in these things.[/quote]

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