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The horror faced by three Duke University students is disturbingly common -- too common. But in the name of political correctness, few dare to question the validity of the rape charges for fear of becoming targeted by feminists and left-wing groups.
One brave man who dared to question the validity of rape complaints, and in fact searched for studies that gauged the number of false rape and sexual assault complaints, is Frank Zepezauer, who conducted research for the Institute for Psychological Therapies. In a paper for the IPT, Zepezauer shocked many when he delved into different studies on the subject of false rape complaints. He discovered, contrary to what's disseminated by the mainstream news media and feminist groups, that false sex crimes complaints are far from being rare.
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The rest is
here. I strongly suggest you read it for it is an excellent piece that covers the false allegations problematic (not just the Duke case).
There is one thing that bothers me, tho' and it's the last sentence of the article:
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This is an unjust situation we face within our justice system. False charges of rape hurt women who are indeed victims of predators, and they hurt men, such as the Duke lacrosse players who have had to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend themselves against a woman who will pay little if anything for her deception.
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I hate it that every time false allegations are brought up, the first reaction as to why they are bad is "it hurts women who were really raped", while the main concern should be IT IS BAD BECAUSE IT DESTROYS A 100% INNOCENT MAN'S LIFE! That's the tragedy of false allegations. Everything else is just a side effect of this malicious act, while the objective is to intentionally destroy an innocent man!!! That's the real problem!
Maybe this sounds petty, but I really haven't seen a single article, that would put the concern for innocent men first and mention the "it hurts real victims of rape" in passing - as it, in my opinion, should be.
Because it's the same as saying "perjury is wrong and bad because it hurts the credibility of witnesses who are really telling the truth. Oh and an innocent person might also serve time or even get the death penalty for the crime he did not commit." Does that make sense to you?? Aren't the priorities here kinda mixed up?!?!?
But as I've said, all in all it's a great article, we need more of these.
20th-December-2006
