Thursday, February 4, 2010

What would motivate someone to make a false accusation of rape or sexual assault?

Not a case of mistaken identity or memory loss due to a legitimate attack, but reporting a crime knowing full well that a crime did NOT occur as claimed.





Don't true rape survivors tend to be harshly viewed in a negative light by much of society (which I believe is part of the difficulty in getting true rape survivors to report a legitimate crime)?





Really, what would one have to gain by doing this to an innocent person?What would motivate someone to make a false accusation of rape or sexual assault?
1. Revenge.





2. Shame on being caught in a sexual situation with someone.





3. She wants attention.





I've personally heard of women who have done it for all 3 reasons.What would motivate someone to make a false accusation of rape or sexual assault?
Some people do falsely report crimes. I find it difficult to understand why anyone would do it, but a very small proportion of reported crimes are false allegations. Apparently rape is no higher than the percentage of false allegations for other crimes. My intuition is that it should be lower, since rape allegations often result in a total character assassination of the victim in court, and is also a very embarrassing crime to admit to (a friend of mine confessed that she had brought a case to court where she had been sexually assaulted, but it remained unproven - she almost threatened me by pain of death if I ever told anyone about it).





I suspect for the tiny percentage of false allegations are either that they are mentally ill and have a weird fixation, that they were bribed by the media (thinking about the Hamilton's), or they are part of a wider plot motivated by financial greed or something. It is all very unlikely.





The rape myths are rampant right now though!
think the main motivator in revenge.. as wrong as it is.. the second would be attention... and attention is what they would get, once it is found out that it was false... i mean i cant understand how a woman OR man, could claim rape... only to have it come out that it was false... i mean that person eventually has to face the person who's reputation, character, and way of life has been tarnished... they also have to face family members, and what ever friends are left... think they would ever be able to believe ANYTHING that came out theirs mouth again??
Some people feel the need to be victims instead of owning up to their mistakes. If you were a young woman whose parents, peers and everyone else would accuse of being a whore for being sexually active, you might feel tempted to pass the buck and claim rape. Very wrong, obviously, but aren't we all partly to blame by virtue of a double standard? Any gain is very short-lived: it gets people off your case, at least until your next screw-up (pun intended).
A few possible but stupid reasons, But for the most part they may want attention or are doing it for retalitation for something. There are many teen girls in our area, that get with boys that are 16 or older then scream rape when the boy cheats on them, breaks up with them or whatever.In our area age of consent is 16. So if a 15 year old gets with a 16 year old it is against the law. It is truly sad. Your correct it makes the actual survivors not want to say anything for fear of being treated like a criminal themselves.
an unstable woman scorned. someone projecting their own guilt on to someone else. if its not the truth, she cant prove it. if it is true, the attacker will be under scrutiny if reported. there are some people who cant imagine being rejected therefore do not believe no means no. sometimes they get away with it but not forever. don't be so quick to judge unless your one of the two people who KNOW the truth.
For attention and personal gain like the Kobe Bryant case where the broad wanted to get to Hollywood and saw her opportunity; so she field a false claim of rape (she had been with 2 other men before she went to Bryant's room) and she actually should have been charged for filing a false charge.
Well take it from here...this girl had sex with the entire football team at once. Traditional gang bang. And they video taped. . .opps! And of course they leaked it.





So instead of feeling like a whore she lied and said that it wasn't consentual to not feel embarassed.





This other girl whom had sex with 3 men at the same time. One of the guys was a virgin and he got puss-e whipped. He black mailed her and said that if he didn't have sex with her again that he would show picture of her that he took on his camera phone.





Basically embarasent
Sometimes divorce lawyers will tell women to accuse their husbands of rape or sexual assault. It helps their case in court.





A girl known by a friend of mine falsely accused her dad of rape because she was angry with him. He went to prison, she went to a foster home. I hope she got what she wanted...
False perception: a 'morning after' regret. Guilt. Convinces themselves it was rape and not consensual in order to alleviate guilt?





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Revenge?





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Money? Famous people are accused all the time and often pay off people to avoid a scandal.
embarressment, regret, shame or a fear of what others will say. that is why some people would falsely acuse another of rape. they feel the need to redeem themselve by portraying thye had no choice it was rape.
I can only think it would be similar to the reasons people make false accusations of murder and assault-they're unstable, they're seeking revenge, they're afraid, someone may be pressuring them, the list could be endless.
They could want to punish them for dumping them or perhaps not wanting to go out with them or something.





Its pretty stupid to make something like that up thought concidering people that are actually to get raped are sometimes not believed.
2 words...


Stupidity, and Attention.
Mental illness.
true selfishness and not caring how your actions affect others
attention/revenge
evilness
Perhaps she was cheating on her husband with a black guy in 1908 Illinois?
For one reason or another, it's just to get what they want.
ASK KOBE
ever heard the terms drama queen and attention whore? Or just piss poor mental health?
money, revenge, just not being all there in the head

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