As you read the news story below, which is an update to the second story we reported here, notice the reaction of the college woman to news that a fifteen year old girl made a false rape claim: (1) It must have been a cry for help; and (2) It's a reminder that we must always be on guard about rape (not false rape claims).
That reaction is typical, and it is a manifestation of the "rape culture" we live in -- where rape is not rampant but rape hysteria is. It's the hysteria that keeps funding the sexual grievance industry.
The proper reaction to news of this false claim is this: (1) The girl should be severely punished for her vile lie to deter other false accusers; and (2) This should serve as a reminder to men and boys to always be on the watch for false rape claims.
Here is the news story:
Update: Conway teen who made up rape story could face charges
Conway, Ark. (KTHV) -- Brooke Harton is one of the thousands of UCA students that got an e-mail alert Saturday about a teen rape near campus.
She says, "It's scary; you're like, 'Man, someone got sexually assaulted.'"
The teenage girl was home alone just a few blocks away from UCA. The security alarm went off and the girl went to check it out.
Latresha Woodruff with Conway Police says, "Her story was, there was this person ransacking the house and eventually that person raped her."
The teen went to the hospital for a rape kit. Police stepped up neighborhood patrols and conducted interviews.
Woodruff explains, "People were frankly scared, thinking some rapist is on the loose and police have no idea who this person is."
About 72 hours later, there was a break.
Woodruff says, "She did, after sometime, admit she wasn't telling the truth."
Several detectives worked the case, forcing other cases to the backburner. That's hundreds of hours of man power and hundreds of dollars now gone.
But Woodruff says filing a false report doesn't happen often. From January 2009 to December 2010 Conway police had at least 12.
"In the end you could be held responsible for making a false police report and having these investigators looking into something that you already knew was untrue," Woodruff says.
As for UCA sophomore Harton, "It's like a cry for attention I guess," she explains.
Still, Harton is thankful for the campus alerts because next time it might be for real.
Harton says, "It helps you realize that you always need to be on edge. Always watch for yourself, walk with somebody, carry a cell phone, and just take care of yourself."
Detectives are still trying to figure out why the girl made the story up. The case has been turned over to the Faulkner County Prosecutor for review. Filing a false rape report carries a fine of up to $10,000 and six years in jail.
Link: http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/147273/2/Update-Conway-teen-who-made-up-rape-story-could-face-charges
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Yay more hysteria on college campuses.
Detectives are still trying to figure out why the girl made the story up. The case has been turned over to the Faulkner County Prosecutor for review. Filing a false rape report carries a fine of up to $10,000 and six years in jail.
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You never read, 'Detectives are trying to figure out why he committed the rape.' No need to diagnose that! But people just don't get it when it comes to false rape accusations.
False rape accusers are perverts who get off on deceiving people and making themselves the center of attention. There is no great mystery at work here.
Still, Harton is thankful for the campus alerts because next time it might be for real.
Harton says, "It helps you realize that you always need to be on edge. Always watch for yourself, walk with somebody, carry a cell phone, and just take care of yourself."
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Although this journalist is trying to put a happy face on it, it is horrible that these college girls feel that they "always have to be on edge."
The word for instilling people with a constant sense of dread in order to achieve a political objective is 'terrorism.' This misinformation -- exploiting the baseless fears of these girls -- must stop.
As for UCA sophomore Harton, "It's like a cry for attention I guess," she explains.
Yes, like shouting fire in a crowded theatre.
Still, Harton is thankful for the campus alerts because next time it might be for real.
But if you're constantly getting false alerts the 1 in a million chance of there being a rape will just be ignored.
Filing a false rape report carries a fine of up to $10,000 and six years in jail.
I'm surprised it's so serious there.
When it comes to this whole issue of how common false rape allegations are, versus how common actual rape is, what is often overlooked is that it is harder to prove a false allegation than it is to prove an actual rape. The reason is simply that it is always harder to prove something never happened than to prove something did happen. For example, if I want to prove that aliens exist, all I would have to do is produce a credible video or specimen, and that would be it. Case closed. If I wanted to prove aliens don't exist, how do I do that? How do I prove there are none lurking anywhere? I can't.
Likewise, if someone accused you of beating your wife or molesting your daughter. All they need to prove you are guilty is evidence of one occasion that points to you doing such things. But you can't prove you never, ever did such things unless you can prove what you were doing on every single occasion you were in their presence.
It is always inherently more difficult to prove that something doesn't exist or never happened than to prove it did happen. If I invite a woman over to my house, and she says I raped her, all she has to do to prove her case is have some evidence like signs of force. But how do I prove that everything we did was "not rape". Even if there is not any physical evidence suggesting rape, that doesn't prove she is lying. It just proves the evidence of what really happened is weak or inconclusive.
Despite the fact that false allegations are hard to prove, and despite how many false allegations do end up being uncovered, people still insist that false allegations are rare. Yet when it comes to rape allegations, despite the fact that rape is somewhat easier to prove, these very same people still insist that rape is rampant and there are vast amounts of rape going unreported and undetected.
This makes no sense, other than as part of a desire to interpret real-world evidence in such a way that reinforces one's existing prejudices.
And before some feminist troll comes here trying to pick apart my statement or misrepresent me, I will make it clear. No, I am not suggesting that rape is always easy to prove. It often isn't.
But although it is not always easy to prove, it is still somewhat easier to prove than proving a false allegation. At least in most cases.
False Rape Case 'Helps You Realize that you Always Need to be on Edge' -- About Rape
Actually, it helps the rest of us realize that not everyone should be able to vote and drive.
But Woodruff says filing a false report doesn't happen often. From January 2009 to December 2010 Conway police had at least 12.
Conway is a town of fewer than 60,000 people. In less than two years there have been a dozen false reports. In 2006 - the most recent year I could find - there were 35 reported rapes.
Known false reports are probably one in five or six.
Doesn't happen often?
"Several detectives worked the case, forcing other cases to the backburner. That's hundreds of hours of man power and hundreds of dollars now gone."
In more populated areas, that have specialized police units, each and every false rape accusation keeps detectives from working on cases where rape actually occurred. Yet, feminists are still not against false rape accusations.
If you are not against false rape, then you support true rape.
"The word for instilling people with a constant sense of dread in order to achieve a political objective is 'terrorism.' This misinformation -- exploiting the baseless fears of these girls -- must stop."
Yes, that's another way that feminists are pro-rape. They want women who haven't been raped to feel like rape victims.
Inflaming Rape hysteria in a roundabout sort of way; Empowers The American gender-Raunch community as a whole, so why wouldn't feed the flames of the hystera.
"Detectives are still trying to figure out why the girl made the story up."
Here,let me help you guys, it was either profit,revenge, or an alibi. Time and time again the motives for false rape claims are always the same, profit,revenge,or alibi.
Pick any one of the 3 and you have about a 33% chance of being right.
Wrong. The motive is attention, 100% of the time.
Okay.
profit, revenge, attention or alibi.
"Okay.
profit, revenge, attention or alibi."
Attention falls under the banner of profit. Attention is social currency for women. Non-tangible things can also be traded and coveted as a form of profit, people pay large sums of money to purchase intangible properties in video games like Second Life all the time.
I recently saw an article where a piece of video game real estate sold for millions of dollars of real currency.
Some women covet attention enough to trade in false rape claims for it. It profits them, in their minds, and maybe in the minds of the women around them, to do so.
I would say the women who actually make up false rape claims because they "need help" is probably infinitesimally small.
Most of the reported explanations can be broken down into the categories I described quite readily.
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