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Monday, March 30, 2009

Why do some men think being falsely accused of rape is worse than being raped?

I love the confidence of some of the posters - he will go to jail and get raped!





There is at least a 95% probability that he will not go to jail.





I have every sympathy for anyone falsely accused of rape or sexual abuse, especially in miscarriages of justice, where they sometimes spend years of their life in jail but presenting it as a be raped / go to jail for being falsely accused of rape dichotomy is so unrepresentative of the true figures as to be ridiculous. When you have been raped, the crime has been commited, you have suffered whatever the doings of the legal system - if you are falsely accused of rape, you can argue your case, you can prove yourself innocent, and if you are a trustworthy person, it is unlikely that people will believe the allegation anyway. If you have been raped, and no-one is brought to justice, there is nothing you can do to argue for justice for yourself, and you may also have a smear on your reputation (she says she was raped but they never arrested anyone).





Going to jail for a crime you did not commit would be as bad as rape, but being accused but not prosecuted, or prosecuted but found innocent is no-where near as bad, imo.




Because, frankly, there is a whole social structure established specifically to ruin the lives of anyone accused of rape.





When you go to get a job, do they ask you if you%26#039;ve ever been raped? Because they will sure as hell look into your history and see %26quot;Accused of rape%26quot;, and more than likely you will not get that job.





Being raped is awful, and actual rapists are terrible people, but the thing is nobody sees %26quot;Accused of rape%26quot; and then has all the preconceptions that the person is a rapist quelled by %26quot;acquitted%26quot;. In fact, many people will assume he got of as innocent under false pretenses.




Some men feel this way because some men have their reputations permanently tarnished by simply being accused of sex crimes. It can affect their employment, friendships and relationships in a very negative way because there will always be a suspicious cloud over their head due to the false allegations.Would you let your loved one date a man who was accused of rape? Would you want your child to be taught by a man who was accused of rape?......Falsely accusing a man of rape is NOT worse than being raped, but it IS a horrible crime perpetrated against the man.




Nothing is worse than being raped, even with therapy it scars the woman forever.





Even having been a rape victim, I can%26#039;t imagine anyone falsely accusing someone of rape - it could destroy their life, even if proved innocent the %26quot;taint%26quot; of the accusation would remain. Being accused of something as horrendous as rape is damaging to the credibility of a person. An accusation like that will follow them, whether or not it is true.




Well, assuming the man is being found guilty, not only will the accused rapist get jailed and decried, he%26#039;ll probably get raped himself. Multiple times. In the bum. Then shanked. It should be obvious that this is worse.





If he gets off from the sentencing, then they%26#039;re only close to being about as bad as the other, one being the demons from within, one being the demons without, both giving you psychological trauma for a long, long time.




Because not only are you going to have your life completely ****** up forever, but you are also going to be unfairly viewed as the lowest of the low by most people. As terrible as rape is for a woman, at least all decent people view her with nothing but sympathy, and aside from PTSD, she is not going to spend the rest of her life having to suffer, unlike a man who has been falsely convicted of rape. They are both bad enough things that I would be willing to agree that its pointless to argue which is worse.




Ok, so you are unjustly accused. You know you didn%26#039;t do it, but the media and society are stacked against you from the get go. And you don%26#039;t have a great alibi because hey, who needs an alibi if they didn%26#039;t do anything?!?!? What is your response? %26quot;I didn%26#039;t do it%26quot;??? Even frickin DHAMER said he didn%26#039;t do it. It feels awful to be accused of something you didn%26#039;t do. And it makes you angry. So if you are a man who is unjustly accused and then you get PISSED at the woman who is accusing you--it just gives the media whores an excuse to point their fingers and say %26quot;SEE!! SEE how violent and aggressive he is. Just LOOK at his temper!%26quot;





I successfully prosecuted the right man for my rape, but I take personal offense when women LIE about something so devastating




You have apparently never had the pleasure of being part of the finely tuned %26quot;justice system%26quot;Arrested booked printed ,photographed, interrogated, jailed , bailed arraignment ,trials ,lost jobs ,attorneys fees.


Being falsely accused is enough to ruin a guys life.





The falsely accused, especially when the media is involved will carry the stigma of a true ,guilty rapist ,even though he is not guilty.




Same reason as some women think being raped is worse than being falsely accused of rape.





It%26#039;s highly unlikely a woman will ever experience the societal shame of such an accusation, but there%26#039;s a higher chance an inmate may experience a rape.





So, I guess some men may actually know from experience.











ps - some people here clearly have no idea what it%26#039;s like to be falsely accused of rape.




because that falsely accused rapist goes to jail for a very long time... in prison he/she gets raped, he/she gets beaten... and he/she just gets tortured for not doing anything wrong... and he/she has to stay in prison for a VERY long time.... and can you imagine if castration laws were put in place for rapists?? being falsely accused of rape is a little bit worse than being raped





i know people who were raped.... so i do have an idea about what its like





not only that but LEGALLY i%26#039;ve been raped plenty of times....




A person accused of rape has no support system whatsoever. As horrible as rape is a woman who is raped will get at the very least government mandated help. A falsely accused man gets nothing, not to mention that if/when he goes to prison he could get raped.




I%26#039;ve never actually heard a man saying that. What I have heard is men saying that it%26#039;s a very serious thing to do to a man, because it ruins his reputation and really screws up his life. It should be taken seriously, and the false accuser should be penalized for her actions.




Its just as bad or worse, a falsely accused %26quot;rapist%26quot; stands to get raped, beaten and or murdered in prison, if he is not murdered he faces solitary confinement for years ............and there is no punishment for making false accusations.




Both are crimes that violate personal boundaries, and infringe on the life, well-being, and stability of the victim.





Both have the potential to destroy the lives of the victim for years to come, if not forever.





They are equally heinous.




One of them destroys your ability to trust people, makes all sorts of people you used to think were friends begin to doubt you, and will usually wreck your career and personal relationships for years (if not permanently).





So will the other one.




I would not call it worse, but it is equally bad. They have to live with that stigma for the rest of their lives. If they get convicted, it will go on their record..




Because rape only lasts a few minutes whereas prison sentences can take away huge chunks of someone%26#039;s life.




%26#039;Some people here clearly have no idea what it%26#039;s like to be raped%26#039;.I%26#039;d say that was a given because most people don%26#039;t get raped,but you make it sound like an insult!




rape is bad


joking about it is even worse


if a woman is falsely accusing people of rape, she should be put in jail




you can get your ***hole torn apart in jail every single day for years




I would rather be raped, than put in jail for ten years, or however long.




Its not worse than, but its as bad as.




Not some.





ALL.


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