So in the wake of a massive public spotlight on rape, the priority apparently is to protect the reputations of the tiny % of men falsely accused of rape

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FFS FFS FFS

Is it very cynical of me to think that this new demand to enable anonymity for men accused of rape (most of whom are guilty, but get off anyway) is a psychological need to re-establish what is most important to these woman-haters?

Stop talking about the mountain of rape victims who never get justice and FGS start talking about the anthill of men who get falsely accused.

Enough of Steubenville, Delhi, Frances Andrade, Jimmy Savile's victims, the 1 in 4 women who are raped or sexually assaulted.

Let's get back to talking about the really important issues - the miniscule number of men who will be falsely accused of rape or who will be the victim of mistaken identity. Fools, don't you know they're more important than all those rape vicitms? That that's a much bigger issue? So what 25% of women are subjected to rape or sexual assault? So what if 85-90% of rape victims don't report? So what that of those who do, only 6% get a guilty verdict even though only between 2-6% are lying or mistaken? Let's get some perspective on this - men matter more than women, stop imagining they don't.

Fuming but off to bed.

True Opt. And frankly if she said it was an unnamed assailant to a hospital, I'm pretty sure that no man ended up falsely accused in a police report.

Innocent until proven guilty is a legal status that means that the Crown must prove the case against the accused beyond reasonable doubt. It has nothing to do with a poster on MN thinking an accused is guilty.

@CoalDustWoman, in the UK anyone accused of rape has NO right to anonymity and has his name and face plastered all over the media before the case even goes to court. That's the problem.

Exactly the same as for other crimes, LJ.

People found guilty if false accusation of rape can be imprisoned, as can those found guilty of false accusation of any crime.

Oh and it seems too obvious to say but perhaps not - many rape victims commit suicide, cannot work at their jobs etc.

Anyone accused of any crime is in the same position. It's all in the thread, if you've read it.

It's not the same as other crimes. If a man is wrongly accused of shoplifting for example it's very unlikely he will be murdered or end up committing suicide after his face is all over the newspapers.

@CoalDustWoman You might find this interesting. Try and look at things from both perspectives:

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7265307.stm

As if all accused rapists have their faces plastered all over the papers FFS!!

That so many people DON'T BELIEVE accused rapists rape but that the women is partly at fault undermines all this crying oooh the worst thing ever a man can be accused of is rape.

**Or if they do that the woman is partly..

I'm sure it's horrible to be in that situation. On balance, though, I'd rather improve the chances of catching serial rapists. Which most rapists are. I find it odd to take any other stance, tbh.

Not really. Victims are not believed for far more reasons than the existence of a minute number of truly false reports (rather than mistaken identity or no accused identified)

Nice to see MNHQ deleting the goady and dreadful posts.

Other forums are available, using the FWR section of MN to post such utter rubbish can only be interpreted as fuckwittery.

All this is solved if men just stopped raping how about it. In other words the little should keep their little *** zipped.

joinlogin please read this which should help you understand why no-one here is interested in your opinions and why we will challenge them for the goady MRA nonsense they are.

Other forums may suit you better.