MissTaken
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lavender said:I am not throwing out accusations here.
I'm trying to say there are really NO benefits of lying about rape. I'm not talking about online, I'm talking about in the real world here. I'm talking about the fact that people think that the numbers on sexual assault are skewed because women lie about rape.
It infuriates me. Sure, some women lie about such things. But, to think it is so significant that it would completely skew statistics is just fucked up.
I would think that if anything, the statistics are skewed to the positive side based on the number of women who never tell the authorities, see a doc or go to therapy.
For many, prosecution is almost as traumatic as the act and therefore there is no stat to convey those numbers.
