Here is how society values the lives, the liberty, and the dignity of men accused of rape: any male above a certain age can be automatically arrested solely on the basis of the rape accusation of a female. Period. They are often arrested first, before the police even bother to investigate whether the woman's scratches were self-inflicted, whether the woman is mentally troubled, or whether the woman had a bias to target the man for a fake rape charge.
The fact that any male, above a certain age (and it's getting lower and lower) can have his liberty snatched from him based solely on the say-so of a lone, mentally troubled woman, shows that something is terribly, terribly wrong with our law enforcement system, and with our society. The fact that we hand women so much power over men, while holding them to essentially no accountability, is the reason we have this site.
Thanks to AfOR
Cry-rape mother 'wanted attention'
A MUM faked two rapes in a bid to get attention, a jury has heard.
Gail Sherwood, 52, was found half naked, bound and gagged at beauty spots five weeks apart.
Cops used a helicopter and sniffer dogs to find her after pals were sent SOS texts.
She accused one man of both attacks - an innocent motorist with whom she had an accident months earlier.
Medics found her scratches were self-inflicted. Prosecutors said she wasted police time and caused the man's arrest as "she felt lonely and needed attention".
Sherwood, of Stroud, Gloucs, denies perverting justice at Bristol Crown Court. Case continues.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2802584/A-mum-faked-two-rapes-in-a-bid-to-get-attention-a-jury-has-heard.html#ixzz0cKegBEFn
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"She accused one man of both attacks - an innocent motorist with whom she had an accident months earlier."
Seems anything is provocation enough for a women to target a man for retaliation via an FRA.
Thankfully, both her name and her motive are reported, unlike we see with many other stories.
"Medics found her scratches were self-inflicted."
What isn't mentioned is whether or not this realization came in-time to spare the innocent man from arrest and humiliation.
In the other story AfOR recommended, the man was accused in a bid to gain the upper-hand in a custody dispute - and was arrested at his job.
I always suspect hat such arrests are made with he intent of causing the maximum humiliation and credibility damage possible. Why not wait for him outside, at the end of his workday; or, simply go to his home? Because they want a public display so as to shame him - for something he never even did.
Did they arrest the women Jessica Crider, at her job site? Did they handcuff her and forcibly haul her off-premises? $20 says she was allowed to "self-surrender", quietly and in private.
She the criminal, and every effort is made to protect HER reputation.
Hey! How 'bout some of that equality stuff?
I hope you don't mind me commenting on your site. I was a female victim of a brutal gang rape and was left severely traumatised. So traumatised that I couldn't talk about what happened to me for a very long time. I ended up going through the CJS as I'd been picked up at the scene ( I hadn't even reported a rape, I just dialed 999 for emergency help!) and to trial. It was a living hell to say the least. I felt as though I was on a conveyor belt and the system wasn't remotely connected to me or concerned with the truth, it just seemed to have a will of its own and an agenda of its own. I received no justice and none of my attackers were convicted. However I can clearly see how innocent men could be falsely convicted of rape and people don't understand this unless they've been through the system. The main leader had thoroughly planned his attack on me and knew just how to 'work' the system however I can see how a man who was just having sex with a woman whom he thought had consented could easily be convicted or an innocent man who'd done nothing at all. People seem to think the reason I received no justice is because the system is weighted towards the defendant in order that innocent men aren't convicted and therefore for every 10 guilty people only 1 is convicted!! but I can see how that is utter rubbish. People have no understanding of rape at all and no understanding of the effects. I've come to the conclusion that the people in the criminal justice system don't give a damn whos done what and arent concerned with the victim or offender. They're just interested in their own status and power. I've viewed police training videos which supposedly show a rape to warn men ( and women) of the dangers and all I see is a drunk man having sex with a woman who probably thinks hes got consent and is too pissed to realise he hasn't and either way he isn't being violent or humiliating or degrading. This 'rape' is nothing at all like what happened to me and it infuriates me when my rape is compared to this type of 'rape'. I think men who are falsely accused probably have just as much of a complaint as women who are real rape victims and receive no justice because its been portrayed as just a bit of sex and what is the problem with that! It infuriates me when I hear of false rape claims and that innocent men have been convicted, It seems to me that this stupid system ( CJS) is bloody useless and locks up victims and praises offenders. At the end of the day its really down to the useless police and barristers.
Anon at 2:47: Thanks for your comment. I am founder of this site. If you are new here, you may not realize that we agree with you 100% -- this site does not take actual rape lightly. We don't condone it; we abhor it. Our focus here is on liars who destroy the innocent with lies, and your note proves what we've been saying for years: there is nothing mutually exclusive about opposing both false rape claims are rape. Both can be horrible. We need people willing to speak out about BOTH, not just the latter.
I also liaise with other male rape survivors and we are committed to ensuring that people view rape as a crime perpetrated by both sexes and committed against both sexes. Both myself and my rape survivor friend have both been gang raped and both groups involved men and a woman i.e. both of us were raped by both genders as it was a mixed gender group. Imagine the shame of that! It is horrendous. The biggest problem is the stupid idiots in the CJS who have no understanding of rape and your readership bear testimony to this. The only winners are the rapists themselves and the evil twisted people who falsely accuse. Unfortumately because the CJS doesnt understand 'real' rape, there's no hope at the moment. However there's a lot of rape survivors who are trying to make changes, me and my mixed gender survivor group being one of them, to highlight the effects of 'real' rape, the behaviour of 'real' rapists and the behaviour of 'normal' men and women on a night out. If we manage to get across what real rape is like and how real rape victims are severely traumatised and what we look like and how we come across then maybe false accusations may be less likely to happen and proceeded with. At the moment , the police have no idea about rape at all! They let off cunning sex offenders and criminalise normal people!
Anon @ 2.47
FYI I am a falsely accused.
For what it is worth, you don't sound like a liar, or an attention seeker.
I'm keeping an open mind, but I am prepared to accept you are telling the truth.
The reason for this message is two fold.
1/ I want you to know that as a falsely accused male, I am still anti rape. So I have some sympathy for the crime you allege. I note that you, despite your alleged victim status, take the same attitude to victims of other, related, serious crimes, such as false rape accusations.
2/ I want you to know that the falsely accused share your views on the police and legal system, lots of people earning good salaries who all tell you they care about this that or the other, but who really quite clearly don't give a shit about anything except a payday.
In closing, please don't feel that the anti-feminazi troll sentiments often expressed here (holds hand up) are directed at you. Though I am sure you will understand my opinion of *all* women has suffered a transformation.
AfOR
Pierce,
Yes I strongly agree with you. This is why I've contacted your site because whenever rape survivors try to change things, we get met with the response that it protects innocent people - which it quite clearly doesn't! So your group and your voices are crucial to changing the system to help all of us - victims and people who have been falsely accused. At the moment politicians and people in the CJS seem to play one group( victims) off against the other ( men who've been falsely accused) and this is wrong. At end of the day the CJS has put both groups through a living hell and the effects on both of us are equally long term and barbaric. It doesn't seem to work for anyone. People don't realise that its the system that is at fault. If the stupid police were capable of thorough investigations and understood rape and rape offender behaviour and victim behaviour, false accusations would be recognised much more readily and would be much more difficult to proceed to court. At the moment the opposite happens - police believe real rapists over victims and false accusers over men who have been falsely accused. Its the system that needs to change. And most real rape victims have no problem with both sides being anonymous at all. Most of us find it extremely difficult to talk about the rape and would rather noone knew about it. Maybe if we all got together and lobbied government to say we are not prepared to put up with such an incompetent system then they wouldnt be able to play us off against each other.
I'll have a slice of that.
AfOR
"Maybe if we all got together and lobbied government to say we are not prepared to put up with such an incompetent system then they wouldnt be able to play us off against each other."
Amen! I'm ready.
Anon
I completely understand you're amnosity towards women. Obviously a woman has destroyed your life and of course it will affect you deeply.
i have huge problems with trust now and 'real' rape so often involves very humiliating and degrading acts that its difficult to discuss and tell anyone about. Most people dont seem to get that rapists want to destroy their victims and that they're not trying to have sex with them!! I have a son and it terrifies me that he could so easily get falsely accused so Im quite blessed in that I can view the problem from a variety of angles.
I hope you don't mind your comments but one of the things I promised myself is that I'd try not to let a bunch of evil bastards destroy my view of others - particularly men. It hard at times but I don't want my attackers to think they've won. So even though my group ( victims) and your group( falsely accused ) seem to be poles apart, I don't think we are really. We've both been betrayed horrifically with life long effects and been let down by a system supposedly designed to protect us!! and we both have extreme problems with trust. I wish all of you well in your endeavours becuase anything that changes this stupid callous system is worth its weight in gold and real rape survivors will back you 100%. We don't want a system that could lock up our sons due to the accusations of an evil vindictive girl and one that demeans and degrades men and women that have been sexually tortured and raped in the worst ways possible. If people knew how really crap this system is they'd be shocked!
Good luck !
Awww, but guys, she felt wonely and needed some attention!
It just negates everything feminists have ever said about women, doesn't it? Pathetic.
Yes, I'll keep in touch.
I think that's the answer. If we all got together, we wouldn't be silenced anymore.
The problem with sex crime is that its so difficult for any of us to speak out due to obvious shame and reactions of other people. I think this is pretty much the same for sex abuse victims and falsely accused. I'm sick of them ( CJS, Police, government) ignoring the problem and certainly think that's the answer. The UK government is currently undertaking a rape review - the Stern review. I've highlighted the problem of the falsely accused to say that the system doesnt protect innocent men from false accusations either so they cant play that game when moaning about making changes. It will be interesting to see what happens. The reports due out soon. If nothing's done, I'm sure there'll be plenty of people ready to take to the streets.
By the way, the review is on the equality site and my male rape survivors weren't happy about this so we tried to make them realise that rape happens to alot of men too - more than you think - particularly in gang fights, prisons, YOI, and inner cities.
Bye for now.
In fact, maybe its not right that I come back again. It's your own private space and obviously women posting on this site may not be appropriate.
I just thought my thoughts my help your readers.
I hope I've not upset anyone.
Anon @ 3.26...
Please email Pierce (addy on right on front page) and ask him to forward it to me (he has my email) and we can talk direct.
You're right, we need to work together on this.
AfOR
anonymous - "I just thought my thoughts my help your readers."
I, for one, do have deep regard for the plight of real rape victims.
What I cannot understand is the general lack of outrage from actual rape survivors towards those who merely tried to use the outrage sparked by such crimes for their own selfish ends via an FRA [note that I do consider you to be an exception to this].
Real victims ought to be the ones shouting down the "pretenders", IMHO.
slwerner, I think rape victims are pretty much false rape claim victims -- they are trying to regain a semblance of normalcy to their lives. Most want to put the entire ugly experience behind them and few become activists. The extreme feminist activists on this issue are women who largely have a chip on their shoulder and think that women are generally being oppressed by men. Few of them have been raped in the legal sense.
P.S. When I say "the legal sense," I mean to contrast that with the imaginary sense -- because these women see rape oozing from every crevice.
Anonymous said...
Pierce,
Yes I strongly agree with you. This is why I've contacted your site because whenever rape survivors try to change things, we get met with the response that it protects innocent people - which it quite clearly doesn't! So your group and your voices are crucial to changing the system to help all of us - victims and people who have been falsely accused. At the moment politicians and people in the CJS seem to play one group( victims) off against the other ( men who've been falsely accused) and this is wrong. At end of the day the CJS has put both groups through a living hell and the effects on both of us are equally long term and barbaric. It doesn't seem to work for anyone. People don't realise that its the system that is at fault. If the stupid police were capable of thorough investigations and understood rape and rape offender behaviour and victim behaviour, false accusations would be recognised much more readily and would be much more difficult to proceed to court. At the moment the opposite happens - police believe real rapists over victims and false accusers over men who have been falsely accused. Its the system that needs to change. And most real rape victims have no problem with both sides being anonymous at all. Most of us find it extremely difficult to talk about the rape and would rather noone knew about it. Maybe if we all got together and lobbied government to say we are not prepared to put up with such an incompetent system then they wouldnt be able to play us off against each other.
Jan 11, 2010 3:08:00 PM
Very well put. Being not only a survivor of child rape but also a male, I know well what it is like to see the system protect a real rapist and ignore a real victim. I was tortured, raped, abused and, almost murdered while in one of Tennessee's "best foster homes".
My foster parents got away with what they did to me. I also know what it is like to be put through hell as an innocent human being all because of liars who, for whatever purpose, chose to cause me harm. I wasn't falsely accused of any sexual crime. I was falsely accused of waving a gun at a woman who, along with her friends, armed themselves and threatened my life, all because two little boys claimed I approached them in the middle of the road way and dropped my pants in front of them. They all ,as well as I, knew that I had not done such a thing but, that was their created mo to the second claim (lie) that I waved a gun at them. My false accuser still makes it a point to come by my worksite and taunt me. I honestly admit I did not have a gun or any other type of weapon that night or since. I also honestly admit that the though of exposing myself to anyone, especially any child, still doesn't cross my mind. GOD was , and is, my witness. The two public defenders and the one court-appointed attorney I had made it clear that they would do nothing for me if my case went to trial. The persecutor, I mean prosecutor chosen to prosecute in my case, was a feminazi prosecutor who, with no colloborating evidence, still chose to seek a class c felony conviction against me and have me sent to prison for two to fifteen years, all on a lying woman's word alone. Not too long ago, it was brought to my attntion that she, or someone who knew her and what happened, went online and bragged about what she did and how she got away with it.
I am very much against false accusation of any/ever kind/type.
I have spent over three years railing against the CJS and how it and the police pick and choose who they believe and who they attack and destroy.
Sometimes it takes just one person to raise their fist in the air and let the powers that be, along with a duped public, know what IS wrong.
Anonymous said...
In fact, maybe its not right that I come back again. It's your own private space and obviously women posting on this site may not be appropriate.
I just thought my thoughts my help your readers.
I hope I've not upset anyone.
Jan 11, 2010 3:48:00 PM
You haven't upset me.
slwerner said...
anonymous - "I just thought my thoughts my help your readers."
I, for one, do have deep regard for the plight of real rape victims.
What I cannot understand is the general lack of outrage from actual rape survivors towards those who merely tried to use the outrage sparked by such crimes for their own selfish ends via an FRA [note that I do consider you to be an exception to this].
Real victims ought to be the ones shouting down the "pretenders", IMHO.
Jan 11, 2010 4:44:00 PM
"I, for one, do have deep regard for the plight of real rape victims".
So do I.
"What I cannot understand is the general lack of outrage from actual rape survivors towards those who merely tried to use the outrage sparked by such crimes for their own selfish ends via an FRA [note that I do consider you to be an exception to this].
Real victims ought to be the ones shouting down the "pretenders", IMHO.
I agree. I will also add that real victims should also shout down those who promogulate, perpetuate, instigate,protect/cover, enable and, aid and abet false accusers of any/all types.
True justice is never served by the blood, suffering and/or death of the truely innocent.
Jan 11 3.08 post;
I have spent over three years railing against the CJS and how it and the police pick and choose who they believe and who they attack and destroy.
Sometimes it takes just one person to raise their fist in the air and let the powers that be, along with a duped public, know what IS wrong.
Anon female;
I totally agree. I just thought I'd pop back in since I didn't see your post yesterday. Thanks for sharing your story. You've certainly been through hell. I think you've hit the nail on the head. The police and courts seem to choose who they believe then set things up to back up that person - it can be the 'victim' or defendant' in my experience. It took me a while to realise this. I think once you've spoken to a wide range of people on both sides of the fence or you've been on both sides of the fence yourself( as you have) , you start to see its the system that's the problem. The police can often be quite stupid, very judgemental and bullying. Sometimes I dont think they give a damn who's right or whos wrong, they just relish the power and take whatever is the easy option. Some recent research indicated that if you're poor or live in a working class area , you're less likely to be believed. I think this goes for whoever you are. If you look at the people in prisons they tend to be people who have a really rough deal in life and either have been victims of awful crimes themselves, abuse survivors, people from deprived areas or people with learning difficulties. I don't believe for one moment that no-one from middle or upper class backgrounds offend but how many are in prison? Its the system not doing its job properly and the CJS acting as a 'social control' mechanism rather than a vehicle for justice.
and I have plenty of examples of police bullying, terrorising and bullying people - mostly vulnerable people - usually teengers from deprived areas, women on their own, men who police want to bring down a peg or two and feel they're not streetwise enough to know how to stop them. Also police know who they can mess with and who they can't! The main ring leader in my attack was very wealthy and had previous convictions and obviously knew how to 'play the system' and I suspect that the police knew this so they were very careful how they treated him. I don't think its anything to do with whats actually happened. Its how the police view the people concerned. They can be cowardly bullies.
Based on my experiences, and those of others, I agree with you.
Btw, I welcome you to this site. It is past time that real victims of rape, sexual assault and other violent crimes, have their voices heard and express their outrage concerning those who falsely accuse other of such for any reason/excuse they have in their own minds.
Gail Sherwood has been seeking attention and ruining lives for many years before this false rape claim.These include being posessed by the devil (well that is possible?) various terminal illnesses for family members and things that some people seem unwilling to talk about.I only hope that the jury see through this for the sake of genuine victims of a horrific crime.
As much as false accusers are pieces of scum I've read about this case & I'm not so sure she did lie for the following reasons:
- There's security footage shows an unidentified person following her up her drive around the time she said she was raped & of a hooded man in her garden around the time she said she was being stalked
- An unidentified man tried to run her daughter off the road
- There's 4 witnesses to a strange man on her roof, a man hanging suspiciously around her house(which is in a remote area) & threatening notes & gifts left at her door like the ones she said her stalker left
- She freely agreed to vaginal swabs that police didn't test
- The witnesses who said she inflicted her own injuries hadn't examined her or visited the crime scene (and they only her injuries were probably - not definitely -self-inflicted)
- The witnesses to her causing her own injuries only said she was touching & rubbing herself not hitting herself
- She gave a penknife to police with the alleged attackers blood on it & the police lost it before it was checked for DNA
- The only real evidence against her is a witness who identified her on CCTV who isn't trained in identification of that kind & a confession obtained under unreliable circumstances
Your also wrong she tried to blame the motorist. She told police he wasn't the man that attacked her.
People should look the case up before passing judgment.
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