agirlcalledchris:

I CAN’T EVEN with all the publicized stories of false rape allegations, and all the warnings for sons to “be careful” about who they sleep with because they could ruin their lives on the quest for attention. WTF. Like false rape accusations are between 2-8% and those numbers are even on the high side because of cases like this one, which I blogged about a few days ago, and because the FBI’s statistics (which, during the 90s, consistently held at 8%) use “unfounded” instead of false, which isn’t just semantics.

This statistic is almost meaningless, as many of the jurisdictions from which the FBI collects data on crime use different definitions of, or criteria for, “unfounded.” That is, a report of rape might be classified as unfounded (rather than as forcible rape) if the alleged victim did not try to fight off the suspect, if the alleged perpetrator did not use physical force or a weapon of some sort, if the alleged victim did not sustain any physical injuries, or if the alleged victim and the accused had a prior sexual relationship. Similarly, a report might be deemed unfounded if there is no physical evidence or too many inconsistencies between the accuser’s statement and what evidence does exist. As such, although some unfounded cases of rape may be false or fabricated, not all unfounded cases are false. -Bruce Gross, PhD, JD, MBA (emphasis mine)

And just for good measure, here’s 50 ACTUAL facts about rape, including the fact that rape fucking happens, and it happens all the fucking time, and over half of those times the rape goes unreported. So let’s not go around thinking/saying there are a bunch of young women with daddy issues looking for some dude to victimize because there aren’t. Okay? Okay.