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CSStrowbridge

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6. There was a "study" done...
Sat Feb 8, 2014, 10:16 PM
Feb 2014

There was a "study" done to look at the number of false rape accusations. The people doing the "study" assumed any time a woman didn't report the rape with 24 hours, she was lying. You can see why I put "study" in quotes. This "study" is used a lot of MRA types.

Joseph DiBenedetto said in the Daisy Coleman case, "I'm Not Saying She Deserved To Be Raped, But..." and that got a lot of press. What didn't get a lot of press was in that same interview, moments before, he said she might have lied about being raped, to avoid being punished for staying out late.

The "some girls rape easy" quote from the GOP candidate, Rep. Roger Rivard, is another high profile example.

And of course, any time someone uses the term "legitimate rape" or something similar is implying the same thing.

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