You know who's fault it is?

First of all there is no excuse whatsoever for forcible rape. None whatsoever.

A lot of women gripe that the police departments treat rape victims with skepticism and think it's not fair that the police do not accept their stories at face value.

There's a pretty good reason for that. It's been said that 80% of all real rapes go unreported and that 80% of reported rapes are false accusations. The figures here are probably somewhat bogus but you get the idea. Wikipedia has the figure at two to ten percent, serving police officers have said it's a lot higher than that.

I don't blame the police for being skeptical. It's their job to question everything that comes down the pike.

I blame society in general and women in specific for not allowing people to get away with filing false charges.

I have always said that the price for filing false charges against someone should be the penalty the falsely accused would have paid had they been convicted. It would eliminate false accusations and as a result honest victims of the crime would be more likely to come forth and report it if they knew they would not be treated with typical police skepticism.

I also believe that women should take the lead in chastising those that file false reports because that's what it is going to take to get the police to lose their skepticism.






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