Studies suggest 40 to 60 percent of sexual assault allegations are false and that the rate is even higher when the allegations are made in contested child custody cases, as documented in "When Women Sexually Abuse Men" by Phillip Cook and Tammy Hodo.

False allegations are extremely harmful. They hurt those who are falsely accused and their families. They also hurt real victims because they make it harder for real victims to be believed. As if this weren’t bad enough, new studies show false allegations hurt women more broadly.

A study by the Society for Human Resource Management found that “uncertainty of what constitutes sexual harassment has made some men uncomfortable around female co-workers and wary about how to navigate changing workplace dynamics.” Male managers are “going as far as to not invite female colleagues on trips, to evening networking events or into their inner circles to avoid any situation that could be perceived incorrectly, thus reducing the opportunity for women."