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yesman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ducktumn@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Rape is a crime no matter what gender did it. If a man rapes a woman he should be put to jail. But it is also a fact that so many girls willingly sleeps with a man then calls it rape because she feels guilty. I feel awful for actual rape victims but also for so many men wrongfully accused of rape. We should have a gender neutral middle ground.

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  • kreel@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The number of men who claim innocence and the number of men who are actually innocent are two different things. Don’t let a real, but otherwise statistical anomaly, distract you from the actual harm done. A male victim and a female victim have equal rights to justice but a woman and a man do not have equal chances of experiencing sexual assault. Which cause deserves your attention?

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    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      but a woman and a man do not have equal chances of experiencing sexual assault.

      On what evidence do you base this claim? I was under the impression that the actual rates are similar, but male-victims very rarely report SA.

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      • kreel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Statistics - National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) share.google/s8pcZdJvkkp4HGsDZ

        Looks like overall it’s about 2:1. And more to the original point, no more than 10% of claims are potentially falsified (or as little as 2%). I’ll admit, I didn’t have this data originally.

        Which is to say - the harm to falsely accused men and the harm to legitimately raped or harassed women are on totally different scales.

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  • ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Where are your “so many men” statistics?

    I’m a dude that was falsely accused but everything I’ve seen shows I’m a very small statistic, especially compared to women who are raped w/o consequences for their rapist and many slut shamed. It’s terrible and life-altering to be falsely accused, but so is being raped and that happens far more often.

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