You refuse to state the statistics around false allegations.
You do this by downplaying their occurrence rate and using semantics to support the claim.
What is a false allegation? What is a baseless allegation? What is an unsubstantiated allegation? There is not a reporting system in place to properly sort these terms or even report the numbers of these claims being made.
Example: If you are accused of a sexual assault and the police investigation uncovers an alibi for you that holds up to scrutiny, that false allegation is never reported.
Example: If you are accused of a sexual assault and the police don't bother to investigate, and your case makes it before a judge for arraignment and the judge finds that there isn't enough evidence to justify a case, that false allegation is never reported.
Fundamentally, we don't know a few things. We don't know how many sexual assaults (I'm going to simplify the language for us: we're just going to use sexual assault to umbrella rape, harassment, sexual misconduct, voyeurism, etc.) are actually occurring. We don't know how many sexual assaults are being reported to the authorities. We don't know how many sexual assaults are being thoroughly investigated. We don't know how many cases are dismissed and at what point they are being dismissed.
Because the system is broken to such an extent, you really are fighting an uphill battle. You clearly want to foster an environment where women (and men, too, it's 2020 for fuck's sake) feel that they can report a crime, be taken seriously, and then have the "attacker" held liable.
At the same time, the cornerstone of the system is that an accused is held as INNOCENT until PROVEN guilty. It is the State's job to bring forth witnesses and provide a case. It should, as such, be on the state to build the case as best as they can.
Unfortunately, your hashtag campaign highlighted that we need to believe all women and that has led to a number of cases where men (always) are believed to be guilty. And as such, they are arrested, incarcerated, and if they're impoverished, ground to dust in the wheels of a broken justice system.
And why would the State pursue a case where the evidence isn't great? Optics. You wanna be "tough on crime" as an elected judge or prosecutor. You wanna be seen as getting a high conviction rate. You don't wanna be seen as "going easy on a rapist" as the media paints a picture of the worst-case-scenario. Oh? The media has been involved from the start - they reported on the arrest and now they're gonna report the conviction. Gotta get those ratings! And look at the constituents on social media! They want the accused to be castrated or tortured or raped or...the list goes on. But you gotta keep em happy, because that's how you win elections.
Your campaign was a start; your idea isn't invalid. Your methodology of starting a riotous mob has left men (ultimately) to be victimized OR left in the dust (because, again - laws are written to punish men for raping women, not for women that rape men or women that rape women, or men who rape men). You are doing more damage than good until you start standing up and PUBLICALLY denouncing each and every case of a false accusation you can find.
And to be clear, when I say false, I mean unsubstantiated, false, baseless, etc. It's an umbrella term.
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You refuse to state the statistics around false allegations.
You do this by downplaying their occurrence rate and using semantics to support the claim.
What is a false allegation? What is a baseless allegation? What is an unsubstantiated allegation? There is not a reporting system in place to properly sort these terms or even report the numbers of these claims being made.
Example: If you are accused of a sexual assault and the police investigation uncovers an alibi for you that holds up to scrutiny, that false allegation is never reported.
Example: If you are accused of a sexual assault and the police don't bother to investigate, and your case makes it before a judge for arraignment and the judge finds that there isn't enough evidence to justify a case, that false allegation is never reported.
Fundamentally, we don't know a few things. We don't know how many sexual assaults (I'm going to simplify the language for us: we're just going to use sexual assault to umbrella rape, harassment, sexual misconduct, voyeurism, etc.) are actually occurring. We don't know how many sexual assaults are being reported to the authorities. We don't know how many sexual assaults are being thoroughly investigated. We don't know how many cases are dismissed and at what point they are being dismissed.
Because the system is broken to such an extent, you really are fighting an uphill battle. You clearly want to foster an environment where women (and men, too, it's 2020 for fuck's sake) feel that they can report a crime, be taken seriously, and then have the "attacker" held liable.
At the same time, the cornerstone of the system is that an accused is held as INNOCENT until PROVEN guilty. It is the State's job to bring forth witnesses and provide a case. It should, as such, be on the state to build the case as best as they can.
Unfortunately, your hashtag campaign highlighted that we need to believe all women and that has led to a number of cases where men (always) are believed to be guilty. And as such, they are arrested, incarcerated, and if they're impoverished, ground to dust in the wheels of a broken justice system.
And why would the State pursue a case where the evidence isn't great? Optics. You wanna be "tough on crime" as an elected judge or prosecutor. You wanna be seen as getting a high conviction rate. You don't wanna be seen as "going easy on a rapist" as the media paints a picture of the worst-case-scenario. Oh? The media has been involved from the start - they reported on the arrest and now they're gonna report the conviction. Gotta get those ratings! And look at the constituents on social media! They want the accused to be castrated or tortured or raped or...the list goes on. But you gotta keep em happy, because that's how you win elections.
Your campaign was a start; your idea isn't invalid. Your methodology of starting a riotous mob has left men (ultimately) to be victimized OR left in the dust (because, again - laws are written to punish men for raping women, not for women that rape men or women that rape women, or men who rape men). You are doing more damage than good until you start standing up and PUBLICALLY denouncing each and every case of a false accusation you can find.
And to be clear, when I say false, I mean unsubstantiated, false, baseless, etc. It's an umbrella term.
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