Re:Smear campaign against Wikileaks begins
by varjag on Saturday August 21, 2010 @11:59AM
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She might hate that someone's guts, or just find it convenient for some other reason: http://www.aolnews.com/story/biurny-peguero-recants-rape-cha...
Not that it happens often, but sometimes it really does.
If it's a case of "did something she later regrets", wouldn't it be a lot easier to just deny that it ever happened?
I think it's more likely to be a case of denying to herself that she wanted it in the first place.
That does a disservice to the very large number of rape victims out there.
Some rape accusations are false, but to claim the majority of them is false would require a citation I think.
Indeed. I've often heard that claim from people who don't (or don't want to) believe that in most cases of rape the victim knows the perpetrator. According to statistics in Sweden, only one third of rapes are performed by someone unknown to the victim[1].
There was a case like this on TV here recently, where a young boy who has been found guilty of rape (twice!) gets a lot of sympathy from his community while the victims are trash-talked along the lines of "she actually wanted it and changed her mind later"[2].
1: (swedish pdf) http://www.bra.se/extra/measurepoint/?module_instance=4&...
2: (more swedish) http://www.google.se/search?q=uppdrag+granskning+v%C3%A5ldt%...
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Oh, I also forgot one very interesting question: why would a woman falsely accuse someone of rape? In the case of a custody battle I can see the logic, but what would be the gain of accusing an acquaintance (who account for a third of reported rapes)? If it's a case of "did something she later regrets", wouldn't it be a lot easier to just deny that it ever happened?