RE: Rokcet Scientist "66% of Claimed Rapes are false"
February 10, 2012 at 1:57 pm
(This post was last modified: February 10, 2012 at 2:02 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 10, 2012 at 1:19 pm)RW_9 Wrote: And then on top of all these statistics, there are a huge amount of rapes that go unreported. RAINN estimates it to be over 50%. There are varying numbers depending on where you look, but it is always a staggeringly huge number.
Again, conviction is what is required. That cases go unreported is something that I wouldn't argue with at all. You're essentially talking about "estimates of guilt sans trial or conviction by a jury of your peers"..well, no fucking thank you. This isn't a concept I'm willing to consider, let alone draw conclusions (or take additional actions) based upon. If you are raped, you report it. If you do not, the law cannot help you. As you hve mentioned, this is not an issue with the law, but with culture and stigma (the flipside of which being the stigma attached to that nagging number of unfounded allegations). If we're willing to consider action based upon cases without convictions (or even reports), why are we not also considering additional action based on those unfounded allegations?
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