Post: #1

Here's a snippet:

Quote:False rape accusations are a lightning rod for a variety of reasons. Rape is a repugnant crime—and one for which the evidence often relies on one person’s word against another’s. Moreover, in the not-so-distant past, the belief that women routinely make up rape charges often led to appalling treatment of victims. However, in challenging what author and law professor Susan Estrich has called “the myth of the lying woman,” feminists have been creating their own counter-myth: that of the woman who never lies.

More than a quarter-century ago, feminist legal theorist Catharine MacKinnon wrote that “feminism is built on believing women’s accounts of sexual use and abuse by men”; today, Jessica Valenti urges us to “believe victims en masse,” because only then will we recognize the true prevalence of sexual assault. But a de facto presumption of guilt in alleged sexual offenses is as dangerous as a presumption of guilt in any crime, and for the same reasons: It upends the foundations on which our system of justice rests and creates a risk of ruining innocent lives.

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/d...l#comments

I came across this article on Real Clear Politics, so I don't know if this is the type of stuff Slate usually publishes or what...

Post: #2

I read the whole thing, and I think it is a good piece. It appears observant and not biased in any direction. It relays the information in a way that won't offend the people that do not believe in false rape accusations. The article also used many well documented examples. It also made a very good point that people just may not know what constitutes sexual assault.

It is important that people merely know of the existence of false allegations. We should only choose sides after presented with enough evidence to decide.

Post: #3

Huh. Seems like MRAs are finally getting some of their issues percolating into more mainstream sources.

Post: #4

Dupe /thread-40540.html

"I'd hate myself if I had that kind of attitude, if I were that weak." - Arnold