A few days ago, sociology PhD candidate Nicole Bedera informed the world via Twitter that she found no evidence that false rape accusations cause harm to the falsely accused.

As part of my dissertation, I set out to gather evidence of whether or not men accused of rape really had their "lives ruined." I never found any evidence of a ruined life. But I heard a lot of stories from survivors about overwhelming trauma, including a lot of suicide attempts. — Nicole Bedera (@NBedera) September 18, 2019

Stop perpetuating the myth that rape allegations "ruin lives." They don't. But spreading that myth around has real implications for survivors who will be traumatized over and over again by the people who believe that a perpetrator's "ruined life" is all there is at stake. — Nicole Bedera (@NBedera) September 18, 2019

It’s a “myth” that rape allegations “ruin lives?” This is utter horse shit.

Nicole is writing her dissertation on this premise. A dissertation that requires at least a half-hearted attempt at research. But NOOOO… as soon as you look at her preceding tweets, its very evident that Nicole has an agenda. One in which truth and facts don’t matter.

False accusations don’t cause harm? Let’s look at certain Rolling Stone article. The same article in which a jury found that Rolling Stone, Wenner, and reporter Sabrina Erdely acted WITH MALICE in reporting a story about a fraternity at UVA that supposedly raped a college freshman? A story that was found to be completely false? That one?

Yet Nicole is here to tell us that no one is ever hurt by false accusations of rape. Let’s go back to the evidence shall we?

Duke Lacrosse ring a bell? KC Johnson of Durham-in-Wonderland and Legal Insurrection covered the case extensively. As Mary Katherine Hamm points out there was, at a minimum, at least ten instances of glaring wrong-doing in regards to the false accusations made by a stripper Crystal Gail Mangum. The players were exonerated, but at major cost to themselves and their reputations.

“Said Reade Seligmann, upon his exoneration: “This entire experience has opened my eyes to a tragic world of injustice I never knew existed. If police officers and a district attorney can systematically railroad us with absolutely no evidence whatsoever, I can’t imagine what they’d do to people who do not have the resources to defend themselves.” To this day, most of the Duke faculty and leadership who prejudged the lacrosse players remain in their positions and have never apologized. Media figures who apologized or retracted are few and far between. Instead, most coverage offered grudging reporting on the dismissal of charges.”

Nicole? Tell me again that false accusations cause no harm upon the falsely accused?

Perhaps Nicole needs a few more examples. Mattress Girl ring any bells? How about the case of Joseph Roberts? Out of the blue he received an email from Savannah State University ordering him to stay off campus. Further more the school circulated a photo of him urging his arrest by police if he is seen on campus. But no harm came to him regarding the false accusations…right Nicole?

“Roberts said he hit rock bottom after what happened to him. “I woke up not responsive, surrounded by EMTs and firefighters with an empty bottle of alcohol and a bottle of pills … suicide attempt. That was the worst,” he said.”

Nicole’s agenda means throwing due process out the window and believing all accusations whether there is merit or not. Kavanaugh effect is definitely in play here. As pointed out by KC Johnson several years ago in a conversation with Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit, due process is not a factor on college campuses, and these days it seems that it’s no longer a factor when it comes to politics and the Supreme Court.

Don’t get me wrong, there are true victims out there. The horrific Stanford rape case in which the judge gave rapist Brock Turner probation, is one. The key in that case and others is that the FACTS support the accusations.

Yet Nicole’s premise is that, if an accusation is false, it’s NO BIG DEAL. Why? Because no harm, no foul.

Hundreds of young men wrongly accused are in therapy for trauma. Many have contemplated or attempted suicide. Some have actually completed suicide. Jay Cheshire (in UK) hanged himself after a false accusation. A year later his mother hanged herself. But yeah, no lives ruined. https://t.co/2RuMZRwOFN — Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) September 21, 2019

Nicole’s entire premise is that a woman can be raped by a guy, but the “system” will always swing into action to protect the man! She claims that “Justin” didn’t offer her any evidence to support the premise that he is falsely accused and his life has been harmed as a result. Did she ever stop to think that he clammed up because he realized her agenda was that of #BelieveAllWomen regardless of facts and truth? Probably not.

Nicole’s dissertation is an agenda-driven train wreck. It is one that will cause MORE harm to those truly raped and those falsely accused. The Kavanaugh hearings are the cause, this is one of the awful side effects of that mess.

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