there's little motive to falsely accuse somebody of raping you... it's admitting something extremely taboo and shameful: rare
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Replying to @o_guest @addamschloe
stats on false rape allegations and what we know about humans not wanting to admit horrible stuff about selves back this up
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Replying to @o_guest @addamschloe
if anything we should empower and encourage survivors & victims to speak up not scare them with false rape allegations stories
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I think it's possible to empower people to speak up whilst also not making it too easy to witch-hunt.
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Just by continuing to support survivors and chip away at the stigma whilst also having fairly strong sentences for PROVEN lies
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Replying to @addamschloe
dangling "liars will be shot" or equivalent though is what causes victims to kill themselves when taunted with "you are a liar"
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so it's a delicate balance that sadly at the present is unaddressed
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the stigma of being a victim far outweighs that of anything else a tthe moment
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also there's something horribly wrong with your rhetoric when you come out to "defend" white cis dudes...
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e.g., false accusations typically happen to black men and trans women — white cis dudes don't typically get false allegations
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Replying to @o_guest
I'm not a fan of basing validity on identity like that.
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