Josh WilkinsonVerified account

I think you’ve made a really good point that men tend to disbelieve sexual assault because of their misunderstanding on the issue, affected by media. However, understanding and supporting victims and preventing “cancel” out of false accusations are equally important.

Not equally important at all. Only 2-10% of accusations are false & even a public reaction in that proportion would only be valid if the impact was equivalent. Rare false accusations do not ruin lives on the same level that sexual assault does. Equating the two is monstrous.

I'm curious, what makes you think you know how many accusations are false

The figures I quoted are the results of studies on the subject from bodies around the world. The exact number is very difficult to ascertain for obvious reasons but that's the ballpark. 10% is extremely generous.

Isn't that the number that is proven false? Meaning the answer was found as to what happened and reasonably proved there was a lie. What about unproven claims one way or another

Depends on the study. The data tends to come from criminal justice systems whose goal is to prove a claim, not prove it false. But since an estimated 65% of sexual assaults are never reported in the first place, the amount of malicious false reports is clearly minuscule.

I'm sorry but if they're not reported how could you possibly have a figure for them. Even so I think you're missing the point, the claims that are proven false don't mean the unproven claims are therefore true, they are as likely to be false as true, we can't prove it either way