Rape Statistics

Rape apologists and enablers don't give a fuck about facts or statistics.

www.nb-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Responding-to-the-challenge-of-rape-myths-in-court_Nina-Burrowes.pdf

Here are a few things to get you started

I read someone here that included in the false allegations stats is cases where there wasn't enough evidence to charge, and those who retract the allegation. Believe me (I know) reporting sexual violence to the police is hard and the investigation and wait for justice is painfully slow. I can see why someone may change their mind and not want to go through with it. It also includes people who might have been put under pressure to retract (from an abusive partner). The actual prevalence figure is thought to be less than 1%x

Did you say his friend was convicted? For it to be sent to the CPS, the police have to believe that it more likely than not happened. For it to get to court the CPS need to believe they are likely to get a conviction. For any case to get to trial it takes so much evidence. And then the jury have to be sure BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT that he is guilty, This is an incredibly high bar and most rapists walk free. That is the bigger injustice

He sounds like an idiot.

www.buzzfeed.com/drninab/6-things-you-need-to-know-about-false-reports-of-r-rwj1

www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-men-are-more-likely-to-be-raped-than-be-falsely-accused-of-rape

www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45565684

www.open.ac.uk/research/news/false-accusations-sexual-violence

I know that men are something like 300 times more likely to be raped themselves than to be falsely accused of rape

He wouldn't stay a friend for long. Think what that says about HIM!!!!

You could point out that it's very unlikely that such a thing would happen, and I would, but in the end I don't think that is why an individual can't believe someone they know would do such a thing.

It's the knowing that is the issue - they feel they know the person, and it's just totally not in character. Being framed may be highly improbable, but like Holmes said, if you eliminate the impossible, the improbable is what remains. So long as he can't see his friend that way, statistics won't help much.

It might sow some doubts though, that could grow if he begins to look at his friend from a new perspective.

Agree with said above, you better save your time and just stop your communication. He doesn't want to be enlightened, he wants you to waste your precious time on convincing him while his mind is already made and is not going to change. So he just wants to have some fun.

Why? His mind is clearly already made up and he doesn't want pesky facts confusing him. People like this love wasting your time and energy expecting you to 'educate' them with data they will dismiss or ignore.

Save time and just cut him out of your life, don't try to coax him out of his echo chamber.