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darkknight109 posted...

So let's see a few examples. Better yet, let's see some analysis that this is a widespread problem, because we have plenty of evidence that the inverse - that high-profile men have gotten away with sexual abuse for years and not been called to task for it - is a major problem, but I've yet to see any analysis suggesting that women are, en masse, falsely accusing men of sexual assault purely for their own gain.

I literally just posted several examples. Most of them were stories Ducky either covered or referenced as well.

darkknight109 posted...

Is it? Because I could have sworn the opening fucking sentence of his OP was "Obviously talking about the Kavanaugh story."

...and then if you kept reading, you'd see that he's specifically referring to a trend by the point in his post that he mentions that and, more importantly, that the responses to it were treating it as if he was commenting on being afraid himself. And, let's be perfectly honest, if you're a male living in America you *should* be afraid of wrongful accusations because you could lose everything long before you have a chance to vindicate yourself.

darkknight109 posted...

I'll pause at this juncture to remind everyone that the false accusation rate for rape is lower than that of other violent crimes.

I'll pause here to let you offer evidence to that effect.

darkknight109 posted...

That and the fact that he admitted to some of the accusations (specifically walking in on women in the Miss Universe pageant while they were changing - he stated in an interview that being the owner meant he could "get away with things like that").

It's a pretty huge leap from childish bad behavior to outright assault.

darkknight109 posted...

He's been accused by 19 different women of sexual misconduct spanning nearly 30 years, and that's not even counting his consensual sexual escapades, like his numerous affairs and dalliances with porn stars. Some of those allegations were settled out of court, an unusual move for a man who loves to bury people in litigation. That's an awful lot of smoke for the accusations to all be pure fabrications.

You're all over the map. If you're talking about sexual assault, why would you even "count his consensual sexual escapades"? Consensual sex is the opposite of assault. The fact that somebody has consensual sex doesn't make them more likely to assault or rape somebody. Otherwise you're coming back to the same point -- that an accusation is in itself evidence, which is patently ridiculous.
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