(April 25, 2015 at 12:01 am)bennyboy Wrote: ... It's simply one person's word against another, and both have obvious motive to lie. ...
If a man is a rapist, his motive to lie about it is obvious. But what is the "obvious" motive to lie and falsely accuse someone of rape? It always gives one bad publicity, as there are always people who will look down on her, as either stupid or a liar or damaged goods or some other sort of thing. Saying "I was raped" always involves undesirable attention, with people forming a bad opinion of the person.
Of course, in a specific instance, someone could have a motive, as, for example, if one hated someone and wanted to get back at that person, but that is not a universal situation, and it is also a way that involves one in getting blowback on oneself, as mentioned above.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
