by Connie Chastain*
Language is a funny thing. "Duke Lacrosse" has come to symbolize false accusation, specifically false accusations of sexual wrongdoing by males.
The game of lacrosse, as played by native Indian tribes in America at the time of European settlement, was called "little brother of war."
Ah, symbolism. If an untrue accusation of rape could be likened to war, could not a false accusation of sexual harassment be called the little brother of war? Or maybe, the little sister of war would be more accurate.
Last year, I began a search for statistics on false accusations of sexual harassment for a novel I was writing. My interest in writing about this subject grew from my distaste for feminism, which dates back to my earliest acquaintance with the second-wave era when I was in high school.
You don't have to be a feminist to falsely accuse a man of sexual wrongdoing but feminists have seemingly turned it into a combination art form, scientific discipline and political statement. And by now, the West is so permeated with feminist ideology, even women who do not consciously ascribe to feminist thought can be deeply influenced by it.
A false accusation of sexual harassment, while not as serious as a false accusation of rape, nevertheless finds its origins in the same mentality -- a hatred of men, a desire to evilize male sexuality, or men in toto, and/or an overwhelming sense of get-evenism.
Perhaps the seed for my eventual writing on the subject was planted by the lurid spectacle of the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill sexual harassment case on my TV screen right in my living room. Although I had no trouble believing Thomas's character witnesses declarations that he was a decent man and innocent of the accusation, my reaction to Hill -- visceral distrust and disbelief -- made a far greater impression on me.
Or perhaps my interest grew because the subject was shoved in our faces in the pages of women's magazines, news reports and women's films. In any case, because I wasn't raised to see men as the evil creatures feminism implies they are, my approach to claims of sexual harassment was skepticism--of innocent until proven guilty.
Certainly there are men who would sexually harass women but most don't, just as most men don't rape. But simply making a declarative statement to that effect would not help with my writing project. I wanted statistics.
My online search took me to the website of the federal government's EEOC -- the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where I found this amazing table:
http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/enforcement/sexual_harassment.cfm
The statistic that caught my attention immediately was the "Percent of Charges Filed by Males" which was 16% in 2009, the highest of any year back to 1997. That means that that 84% or more are filed by women. No surprise there, really.
The second attention-getter was the resolution type titled "No Reasonable Cause." In 2005, almost half the cases filed with the EEOC, 49.5%, were resolved as having no reasonable cause, and in other years hovered nearby. The website's Definition of Terms page says this means, "EEOC's determination of no reasonable cause to believe that discrimination occurred based upon evidence obtained in investigation. The charging party may exercise the right to bring private court action."
Look at that again. No reasonable cause to believe the discrimination -- i.e., the sexual harassment -- occurred, based on evidence obtained in investigation.
Even if all the claims brought by men were resolved as no reasonable cause, that would mean over a third of the cases resolved for the same reason were brought by women.
And yes, this determination is not evidence of a false accusation; it is possible that sexual harassment could have occurred even though no evidence could be obtained for it. But I find it very interesting that these statistics for the little brother of war so closely parallel those of false rape accusations.
*Connie is a regular contributor to FRS. Her principal blog is http://conniechastain.blogspot.com/
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I love this post!
And I will borrow some of the language in upcoming posts:
". . . false accusation of sexual harassment, while not as serious as a false accusation of rape, nevertheless finds its origins in the same mentality -- a hatred of men, a desire to evilize male sexuality, or men in toto, and/or an overwhelming sense of get-evenism."
Get-evenism! The root explanation of radical feminism.
"You don't have to be a feminist to falsely accuse a man of sexual wrongdoing but feminists have seemingly turned it into a combination art form, scientific discipline and political statement. And by now, the West is so permeated with feminist ideology, even women who do not consciously ascribe to feminist thought can be deeply influenced by it.
A false accusation of sexual harassment, while not as serious as a false accusation of rape, nevertheless finds its origins in the same mentality -- a hatred of men, a desire to evilize male sexuality, or men in toto, and/or an overwhelming sense of get-evenism."
Perfect. Very well put.
Even more telling, "EEOC's determination of reasonable cause to believe that discrimination occurred based upon evidence obtained in investigation" hovers around 6%.
"Even if all the claims brought by men were resolved as no reasonable cause, that would mean over a third of the cases resolved for the same reason were brought by women."
Given the current political climate, I would argue that claims by men are less likely to be false, and that most cases of men being sexually harassed are unreported.
I imagine if I used the feminist definition of sexual harassment, and surveyed men, using "behavioral questions", the results would be close to 90%.
"You don't have to be a feminist to falsely accuse a man of sexual wrongdoing..."
but it helps.
Wonderful post!
"evilize male sexuality", "get-evenism"
Wow, with just these few words you have completely defined modern radical feminism.
Deep inside, radical feminists hate female sexuality even more than male sexuality because they believe female sexuality is inferior. So feminists are ashamed of womanhood, and without being told, most women have instinctively figured this out about them. Radical Feminists try and try to have women act or be like men (they cleverly call it equality) to no avail. They can not change female physiology nor the female behavior/instincts programmed in our DNA.
So instead they take the easer path-"evilize" male sexuality and downgrade male social roles.
Radical feminists project their own negative feelings towards womanhood on men. They reason "since we- the feminists- think lowly of women, well than surely men must think lowly of women as well". That is why they are in a constant state of "get-evenism" with men-they live in an imagery world of gender warfare.
Zee
Let me tell you something.
Women love the cock, more than anything else on the planet.
Women hate the fact that they love the cock, more than anything else on the planet.
All the older, functional, models of society knew this, that's why they worked.
I'm a male slut, and some of the wildest uninhibited sex I've had has been with confirmed, dyed in the wool lesbian / feminists.
With the benefit is 20/20 hindsight, I was basically begging for a FRA, who'd a thunk I'd have found it when I settled down and only had 3 sexual partners in the past decade?
Anita Hill -- who borrowed liberally from 'The Exorcist' while putting words in her former boss's mouth; her boss who was so offensively vile that she followed him from one job to another so that she could be harrassed even longer. Yeahhhhh.
Fortunately, Judge Thomas was confirmed by a solid margin. Unfortunately these obscene allegations continue to cast a shadow over him.
This might be worth a heavy dose of justice...
tossing this into my list of posts/articles/etc full of useful info
Innocent man jailed for 3 years over false rape claim - despite police knowing 'victim' was a fantasist
"A man jailed when a woman falsely cried rape told of his fury yesterday after learning that police knew the woman was 'unreliable'. Warren Blackwell, 40, spent three years in jail as a convicted sex attacker until his 'victim' was unmasked as a fantasist who had accused other blameless men.
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The woman - named under Parliamentary privilege as Shannon Taylor - said he indecently assaulted her outside a social club in the early hours of January 1, 1999, after a New Year's Eve party. A report revealed yesterday that officers were told Taylor was 'unreliable', ' unstable' and craved attention - but they failed to disclose it at his trial.
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The mistake led to an appalling miscarriage of justice which saw father-of-two Mr Blackwell jailed in October 1999 for three years, which was later increased to five, despite no forensic evidence to back up the claims. His conviction was quashed in September 2006 when it became clear that not only did Mr Blackwell not commit the crime, it never took place.
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In 2006, Lord Campbell-Savours used Parliamentary privilege to name the woman. Taylor, who is said to have made seven other false sex attack allegations, including one against her father, would otherwise have kept her identity secret for life. But she was not prosecuted for perjury, because prosecutors decided she was too ill. Taylor kept changing her name and moving, so police forces did not realise they were dealing with the same woman.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1287534/Innocent-Warren-Blackwell-served-3-years-false-rape-claim-fantasist.html
"I'm a male slut, and some of the wildest uninhibited sex I've had has been with confirmed, dyed in the wool lesbian / feminists."
Hahaha. No such thing,bro. A male slut is called "a male".
Statistically, theres no such thing as a lesbian either. Pretty much all chicks are bisexual,well, actually just sexual. Many of them would fuck a table if it could buy them dinner.
I can confirm what you say about chicks who call themselves lesbos,though. They love the hell out of some cock if it's marketed correctly.The only problem? You gotta shave 'em and bathe 'em before you can do anything with them.
Hahahahahaha.
Anonymous said...
Let me tell you something.
Women love the cock, more than anything else on the planet.
Women hate the fact that they love the cock, more than anything else on the planet.
The other ANON says..I challenge this statement with the age old saying ""women seek "SECURITY" to the same or comporal degree that men seek "SEX"".
I believe women get alot or even MOST OF there societal power by faking orgasms!! I get most of my power by understanding this statement at a very deep level.
Let me tell you something..Most of American womens current societal power is that they have turned American men into sexual perverts...by building the new Raunch culture and using constant advertising all over the media, they have raised the price tags on their "goods".
Very, Very, Very few men can see beyond the sexual facade i mention above, but folks, those that can (can get more ass than a toilet seat). Women can tell when you look them in the eye if you are an "oversexualised simpleton" or not.
Sorry, this is the link:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1287625/Woman-sparked-150-000-manhunt-slashing-face-crying-rape-faces-jail.html
by building the new Raunch culture and using constant advertising all over the media, they have raised the price tags on their "goods".
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Or lowered them...
It emerged Ibrahim invented the attack after a row with a male friend when he refused to lend her the money for a taxi home after a night out.
Deciding she ‘wanted to teach people a lesson’, a court heard she cut and tore the blue frilly dress she was wearing as well as her black leggings and bra, leaving her breasts partially exposed.
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Wow. Even for a false rape accuser this is going pretty far. She could have succeeded, by presenting these "injuries" as evidence.
In this country we charge men with rape all the time based on evidence that is far flimsier than what this liar was able to produce. I'm delighted that they caught her and that she's going to jail -- but what if she hadn't been caught? If juries routinely "take her word for it" what would they do when the false rape accuser is willing to break her own cheekbone in order to look like a victim?
Young men used to be taught highmindedness, which protected them from women controlling them. Now they are indoctrinated into the "Raunch culture" at a very young age, which makes them slaves to their perversions.
Now they are indoctrinated into the "Raunch culture" at a very young age, which makes them slaves to their perversions.
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Sir, would you perhaps consider converting to feminism? The vast majority of readers of this blog do not consider our young men to be "perverts."
Your redundant, idiotic Gender / Raunch posts are an annoying waste of valuable space.
Does the "False Rape Society" support actual rape victims thrown in jail for reporting a "false claim"?
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09093/960350-100.stm
Yes, we support this poor woman. I was not happy that she was charged on that evidence when I first heard about that story.
Law enforcement: you've got enough REAL false accusers to go after -- women you often refuse to charge -- so why go after claims like this?
"Does the "False Rape Society" support actual rape victims thrown in jail for reporting a "false claim"?
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09093/960350-100.stm"
Yes, we do. First she's not a false claimant! She reported a valid claim (if the accused in this case can be believed and is not making a false confession).
Further, what this shows is that law enforcement can get it wrong, and it shows just how common false claims are. We support valid, extant rape victims 1000% here, because rape is in fact a horrible and brutal crime. And we also support 1000% those who are falsely accused of such crimes, because for most of us who have been falsely accused, the effects on the mind, heart, career, relationships, and worldview is much the same as that of a person who has been raped. Finally, there is no need for quotations around False Rape Society (FRS) -- it's not a moniker, but a real community of people, many of whom have suffered unbelievable injustice from false accusations. Thank God for Pierce Harlan, ESB, and our other writers and contributors!!
The woman in the article you linked has suffered a terrible injustice, and I bet if she knew about this site she would be a great advocate for us here, since she has been on both sides of the False Rape Claims issue.
Anon@10:54, if you think that we would have any beef with this poor woman then you obviously don't have much of an idea about what we are about.
Unlike the feminists who see innocent men as collateral damage in their wider gender warfare, we here still see women as our fellow human beings who are entitled to basic human rights like due process and the presumption-of-innocence. Even though cases like this are relatively rare, if there is just one innocent woman in jail for allegedly making a false claim, that is still one too many.
Shocking I know, but some of us actually believe that human rights and dignity are more important than gender warfare. Just because it is more often innocent men who get thrown under the bus doesn't make it any easier for those innocent women who are also thrown under the bus.
My heart really goes out to this poor woman. I can't imagine anything more awful than being raped at gunpoint, then being treated like the criminal, then jailed for supposedly making a false allegation. I really hope that she is able to find adequate support, heal and get on with her life.
And I am sure that if she wishes to tell her story she would be most welcome here.
but had the rapist never been caught, would you still care?
would you believe her? or cheer for another false accuser serving time?
Anonymous at 1:03:00 AM, you said, "but had the rapist never been caught, would you still care?
would you believe her? or cheer for another false accuser serving time?"
I think "I was not happy that she was charged on that evidence when I first heard about that story," should answer your question.
"but had the rapist never been caught, would you still care?
would you believe her? or cheer for another false accuser serving time?"
What I care about is equal protection under the law and other Constitutionally guaranteed rights and privileges for everyone involved in the legal process. I care about Truth. I care about Evidence and legal processes that are not tainted by moral panic, hysteria, politics, and greed. I care about Anonymity for both parties in rape cases or no anonymity at all -- I care about equality! I care that people learn how to think critically and not be subject to media bias and propaganda that has led to a legal system that affords rights to one group of people at the expense of another group of people.
More to the point: It's not a matter of what anyone "believes" it is a matter of evidence and finding of facts because we cannot know "the truth" only what the evidence shows. As such, in criminal cases, prosecutors are not interested in finding "the truth," but only what they can prove beyond a reasonable doubt (at least that's how it is supposed to work). After being falsely accused, I don't "believe" anyone or anything. I think critically, rationally, and do not rely on feelings or intuition alone but look at what can be proven through investigation and findings of fact.
Believe me, no one is cheering in this process. As I said in a comment here on FRS back on March 9th: "A man's (or woman's) exposure in scandal taps the public’s perverse sense of Schadenfreude regardless of his guilt or innocence: gender-feminists tend to use this to accumulate power and foment moral panic and hysteria." There are some here who are embittered after being severely damaged by false accusations and have a keen sense of Schadenfreude (pleasure at the misfortune of others) but even they are not cheering, and especially not in the case you have cited. False accusations are a social nuclear weapon of mass destruction that destroys not only the target but everything around him or her. Nothing to celebrate certainly. Everyone on the planet is damaged by false accusations and the injustice that follows in the wake of them.
My question for you is: what if this had been a man in this situation in the case you cited? Do you care about all of the MEN who have been falsely accused, thrown into prison in spite of their innocence, and subject to rape while in prison?
Ultimately, what you'll find here is that gender is not a factor. We are: "Giving voice to the men and women affected by false accusations." Take the couple of weeks it will take to read through this site in its entirety and you'll see that what I am saying is so.
Okay Anon@1:03, I get what you are trying to do. I kinda spotted the agenda before, but I made the mistake of giving you the benefit of the doubt.
It is completely unfair to use unfortunate but rare cases like this to beat us around the ears. The number of innocent women charged and convicted over alleged false allegations is quite small compared to the number of innocent men destroyed through false allegations. By that reasoning, there is actually a stronger case to end prosecutions of rape than to end prosecutions of false rape allegations. Yet most of us here are not advocating that all rape prosecutions be stopped to protect the innocent. So how is our approach in any way unreasonable?
And FWIW, if there were a large number of cases where innocent women were being charged and convicted for false allegations, I would be somewhat sympathetic to having a moratorium on prosecutions for false allegations. But we are nowhere near that stage yet.
As to the question you put, it is a loaded, meaningless question because you are only including the most selective bits of information and then judging me on the likely response. Of course, if all I knew about this case was that this woman had been charged for making a false allegation, I would not have automatically assumed she was innocent, because it is not that common for innocent women to be charged in cases like this. But then, so what? Am I supposed to be psychic and just automatically know who the innocent woman is among all the guilty? Tell me, do you care about every person in jail just in case the odd one might be innocent? This is preposterous.
The only pertinent questions are: if I was on a jury, would I have convicted this woman based on the evidence? No. Would I support charging her based on the evidence? No. Knowing what I now do about all she has been through, am I saddened and appalled by how she has been treated? Absolutely.
but had the rapist never been caught, would you still care?
would you believe her? or cheer for another false accuser serving time?
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If I read about her arrest in the papers, I most likely would believe it, and would cheer enthusiastically at her conviction, and in fact would have expressed bitterness that she had gotten such a light sentence.
And I would have been justified in doing so, because it is all but unheard of for women to be falsely convicted of filing a false police report. Your story has to SUCK ROYALLY for that to happen. All the time we read about women being caught red-handed framing men, and they end up getting probation or dropped charges. Crystal Mangum herself walked, and nobody seems to particularly mind.
Naturally, knowing what really happened, I sympathize with this victim, just as I sympathize with anybody who has been falsely arrested; but let's also bear in mind that the legal jeopardy she was in was never nearly as serious as what the victims of false rape accusations confront on a regular basis.
Five days in jail is a humiliation, but innocent men are being threatened with life in prison.
That said, the police should exercise some restraint when pressing charges in these cases; usually when a false rape accuser is exposed it's all too obvious that she is guilty as sin. There is no need to go after a woman simply because you are not 100% convinced of her story.
Not that this is anything but a freak occurrence, worthy of inclusion in Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
Anon @ 10:54,
I feel that was a fair question to ask, and though others have already answered, I will add my 2 cents.
No, I do not condone an innocent person being imprisoned. Ever, for any reason.
Now, I am in favour of harsh sentences for false accusers, as are most people here - so I can see how such a question would arise.
Personally, I think there should be certain standards of evidence which need to be met, to determine if an accusation was false rather than unfounded or unproven.
Accusers whose accusations go unfounded or unproven are not necessarily false accusers.
I do believe that, determining if an accusation was false, i.e. maliciously made, should be the subject of a SEPARATE investigation, IF there is call for such a thing.
She should not have been jailed just because the police did not believe her; a higher standard of evidence is most definitely required. She is as much a victim as most of the false accusation victims reported on this blog.
Though, I have to wonder - did the police react like this because of the increased incidence and/or reporting of false rape claims of recent years? Have the police realised that women often lie about rape, and acting on this knowledge, did they assume that this woman was lying?
False rape accusations harm rape victims - all the proof you need is in that story.
The False rape society is a gift to real rape victims, for we want to return integrity to the rape accusation. It is the Gender / Raunch community that want to continue their " EMPOWERMENT" that do not want to stop false rape accusations.
The Gender / Raunch community get "Empowered" by attacking hetero-sexual males..And Rape hysteria is their main tool for their "EMPOWERMENT".
". . . we want to return integrity to the rape accusation."
Amen! Wonderfully put.
Jun 20, 2010 6:53:00 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logorrhea_%28psychology%29
"False rape accusations harm rape victims - all the proof you need is in that story."
Exactly, but feminists could care less about actual rape victims.
"Jun 20, 2010 6:53:00 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logorrhea_%28psychology%29"
Nope. I think it's more of a case of "Timmah!"
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=timmah
But since we're into words of the day, I thought I'd share this one:
Dikephobia . It not what you think, but it could be. ;)
http://www.supremedicta.com/2007/08/word-of-day-dikephobia.html
Archivist said...
I love this post!
And I will borrow some of the language in upcoming posts:
". . . false accusation of sexual harassment, while not as serious as a false accusation of rape, nevertheless finds its origins in the same mentality -- a hatred of men, a desire to evilize male sexuality, or men in toto, and/or an overwhelming sense of get-evenism."
Get-evenism! The root explanation of radical feminism.
Jun 18, 2010 5:10:00 PM
VAWA and ALL of the laws meant to protect children = Get-evenism
They hallucinate that they're getting even, but in reality they're waging a social war of aggression against their benefactors. Women have absolutely nothing to complain about, even if you want to go back hundreds of years. The minor inconveniences they faced were insignificant compared to the horrific realities of war and hard labor that men confronted.
The feminists are like house cats that are trying to devour their owner, who lies paralyzed on the kitchen floor.
And what I said about war and dangerous work remains true today. Why do the feminists whine about "equal pay for equal work" when 92% of workplaces deaths are suffered by men? That's out of a total of approximately 5500 workplace fatalities per year.
Compare that to the 1200 or so women who die due to intimate partner violence each year -- an issue that the feminists wail about incessantly.
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/10/art4full.pdf
As usual, pain is only pain if it is experienced by a woman.
"I was not happy that she was charged on that evidence when I first heard about that story."
Did you voice your opinion here when you first heard about the story? Or *after* the truth came out?
"Did you voice your opinion here when you first heard about the story? Or *after* the truth came out?"
Irrelevant. This is a site advocating for the falsely accused. Our supporters and writers are entitled to have opinions which are unrelated to the purpose of this site, and they are not required to post them here.
I assume that this feminist who is in shock that an innocent woman spent five days in jail was up at Duke, screaming back at the would-be castrators. Or do we only have a conniption fit when a woman experiences injustice?
Only when a woman suffers do people like that bitch and moan. We advocate for women,too, here, as all our regular readers know.
"Or do we only have a conniption fit when a woman experiences injustice?"
Quite - if she truly is a feminist, then this little display is more than a tad hypocritical.
We, on the other hand, are consistent in our criticism of the criminal justice system. If an MRA is misled by a newspaper article, he will at least be willing to change his mind based on new evidence, knowing full well just how capable of error our legal system is.
But a feminist almost never changes her mind once a man has been falsely accused of rape. Either she will continue to pretend against all logic that he must be guilty, or will make excuses for the false accuser after he has been cleared beyond all possible doubt.
"But a feminist almost never changes her mind once a man has been falsely accused of rape. Either she will continue to pretend against all logic that he must be guilty, or will make excuses for the false accuser after he has been cleared beyond all possible doubt."
Yes, that's exactly what we've seen after the Duke and Hofstra non-rapes.
Does the "False Rape Society" support actual rape victims thrown in jail for reporting a "false claim"?
You can thank false accusers for this attitude. Do you apologize for false accusers?
Hello,
I can vouch for false sex harrasment having been accused
myself which resulted in my firing.
While always a foolish idea to date co-workers i had one come on to me very "hard". She ended up accusing me of sexual harrassment
when i did not want to date her.
Her "story" was believed immediately and she was portrayed as a "victim".
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