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Originally Posted by KnifeMissile
The sex offender's register is one thing but falsely accusing someone of a crime is not unique to rape. I can report to the authorities that I witnessed you robbing me. The shit only falls on me when there's an investigation that shows no evidence of such an act...
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And it's a lot harder to produce evidence when the accusation is sexual. What about my friend who got himself blown by a chick who later claimed it wasn't consensual? In this case it's pretty much all a matter of her-word-against-his, and I'm willing to guess it's going to either come down to character witnesses or a presumption of guilt / innocence kind of thing. There is no evidence to consider, really.
Let it be stated that I am not defending actual rape. Although it was not a question of virginity, I had a similar experience to abaya when I was slipped a date-rape drug and woke up in a strange apartment. It was during the short time I was working as a stripper, so I was pretty pessimistic about my chances of my character standing up to whoever it was, so I didn't even go to the police. I had HIV/STD tests and that was it. I also had no chance to say no... but I had no chance to say yes either. I am aware that this is not entirely what we are discussing so I shall end this thread derailment here.
