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Originally Posted by Makarov
Fair point. However, if these casual "cry rape" type incidents are in fact commonplace, I would still expect a close friend or family member to have told me about it. I would also expect to have come across the odd reported decision where someone was convicted of mischief (at least) for this type of behaviour.
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Just to clarify, I wouldn't say they are "commonplace." If I were to guess I would say the number would be in the 10-15% range- men who have been falsely accused.
However my definition of "falsely accused" doesn't nessesarily involve police. Pylon's example above would qualify. As would the poster in the OP that many find offensive; a woman regretting a 1 night stand.
I do agree that there is a much bigger problem with women who are assualted not reporting it. I'd say it's at least 5-10 times more frequent. That's why I added the poll; I'd like to see some numbers from here.