Organisations that support survivors of sexual violence and other experts are extremely worried about the impact of the current debate. It reinforces myths about false allegations and sends out a damaging message to survivors of sexual violence that they are less likely to be believed if they come forward, or that there is less likelihood of a prosecution. It also suggests to actual and potential perpetrators that they will not face a prosecution, let alone criminal sanction. After all, we do not have this debate every time there is an acquittal in other serious offences such as murder, so why pick out rape when, as we have seen, there is no good evidential reason to do so?