Lest we be accused of sexism, here is a story about a young man filing a false rape claim. What I find ironic, is that he is named. How many stories have we run on this site where the false accuser is not named, because they may be a 'victim' of a sex based crime? Funny how that anonymity isn't extended when the false accuser is a man.
Steven Bebbington files false rape claim.
A TEENAGER was charged with making a false rape claim.
Steven Bebbington, 18, was charged with wasting police time.
The teen, of Bath Street, Southport, was charged in relation to a rape allegation made to police last month.
A teenager allegedly said he was walking down West Street when he was attacked and raped by a man.
The assault was said to have taken place around 2am.
Bebbington is due to appear before justices at North Sefton magistrates court on Friday, October 30.
Link:
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/10/03/man-18-accused-of-faking-rape-claim-in-southport-100252-24841549/
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He's named because it's british press, and as I have learned from reading this very site, the british press releases the names of women who falsly claim rape.
If this were American press, I'm sure he'd be named because he has testicles, while an Ovarian-American would not.
Yes, there is a double standard, but not in this particular case.
Anonymous - "Ovarian-American"
Love it! I also like the acronym FRA for false rape allegation(s), also suggested anonymously.
Another blogger, The Elusive Wapiti, had to take a rape awareness & prevention course at his new job, and details some of it here:
Prudence or Cowardice?
He gives a nice hat tip back to this site.
slwerner,
thanks for the heads up about EW's post. I just posted over there, and the thing I don't find appropriate, is that unless rape or sexual assault is rampant at that company, by having that type of training, they are saying that all men ARE rapists. I find that extremely sexist and discriminatory.
Another idiot, making up a false rape claim to get attention. I hope they throw the book at him.
I agree Archivist. Ever attend an anger management course, for your job? I did but, the course had nothing to do with anyone having " anger issues" at work, the anger management course was for men who were accused of domesctic violence/abuse. Yes, domestic violence/abuse. The whole course was a feminized joke. Some of the men there were the victims of domestic violence/abuse but, were basically taught that they were the perps not the victims. We all were forced to listen to the feminized male instructor tell us all about " male privilege ". Some of the men that attended the course were court ordered to attend or serve a long jail/prison sentence if they didn't. Get this, I wasn't in a relationship at the time. (?!). I paid money ( non refundable) to attend a BS sesion where men are always to blame, in the womans state of Tennessee, no matter who the real victim of domestic violence/abuse really is.
Tennessee is an antimale state.
This young man making a false rape report, makes me think two things; if women/girls can lie about being raped and be instantly belived, why shouldn't he? Then I think of how much I would like to spend a few minutes educating him of how many men are being falsely accused of rape by women/girls everyday and let him know how I feel about what he has done. My initial response to finding out it is a young man who falsely accused a man of rape, was the desire to go " drill sergeant " on him.
Recent reforms will make it far easier for men in prison to be falsely accused of rape by other prisoners. In the past the system required corroboration of rape claims. Not anymore!
In other news, a woman who was having an affair, planned a scam with her lover to bilk her husband out of $50k. Police: Florida wife faked her own abduction
Of course, now that she's in trouble, she claiming her lover raped her - making it yet another case of FRA as a personal CYA measure.
Thanks for the link slwerner. it is set to run. :)
Anonymous said...
Recent reforms will make it far easier for men in prison to be falsely accused of rape by other prisoners. In the past the system required corroboration of rape claims. Not anymore!
Nov 4, 2009 3:38:00 PM
Hopefully DNA or other evidence will be required.
"prisoners never lie" probably ain't gonna fly...
Anonymous said...
This young man making a false rape report, makes me think two things; if women/girls can lie about being raped and be instantly belived, why shouldn't he?
***If he is a child under the age of 12, he is.***
Then I think of how much I would like to spend a few minutes educating him of how many men are being falsely accused of rape by women/girls everyday and let him know how I feel about what he has done.
*****He knows what he has done. He did it for the same reason women/girls do it.****
My initial response to finding out it is a young man who falsely accused a man of rape, was the desire to go " drill sergeant " on him.
****His response would probably be to accuse YOU. And he would win.***
Nov 4, 2009 3:10:00 PM
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Six blind men encounter an elephant. The first touches its trunk and says that an elephant is like a palm tree, another touches its side and says that an elephant is like a rough wall. Another feels its tail and says that an elephant is like a piece of rope. Each comes into contact with a different part of the elephant and is convinced that their own explanation is correct and that the others are wrong. None of them realizes that they are all experiencing just one part of the same elephant and that none of their explanations are complete.
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Almost without exception most who post on this site see false rape accusations as a MRA problem. Men against women, men being the exclusive target(with rare exception), women being the exclusive benefactors.
Like the blind men deciding it's a rough wall, you see this as a men vs. women dilemma. If men just X X X X, the problem will be solved.
Ginnane Kumbe, who posted only once, to defend Al Sharpton's honor, sees the elephant as a Palm Tree - it's racial, it's whites against black men. If Black men just X X X X, the problem will be solved.
For innocent men released by DNA, it's the Rope - a rape really did take place, they were a victim of mis-identity or intentional set up. People who can afford a good attorney don't go to prison from sloppy police work. It's not women vs. men, it's poverty vs. wealth. If I had a good attorney, he would have x x x x x and the problem solved.
My experience is with the incredibly evil world of false child accusations. Little boys are as likely to be the accuser as little girls. Women are targeted, just as men. Everyone associated with the accused suffers - spouses, siblings, parents, children - EVERYBODY SUFFERS.
From my Elephant perspective it's not about gender, it's about justice.
A return to Constitutional Due process rights will not appease everybody - but it's supposed to be what this country stands for.
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