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Indeed he did. I have two friends from high school that were falsly accused when neither had even had sex with the girls. One was thankfully never reported to police, but it absolutely ruined his social life at school. The other one had to go to court and despite being completely innocent, the judge made him do community service despite there being literally not a shred of evidence, PLUS the girl had been a police plant on a sting operation trying to catch guys for statutory and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He did neither, and still was prosecuted.

That's all very sad, but it's pretty irrelevant to what George Will said. He claimed that women who report being raped are conferred "privileges" without naming what those privileges are. He also said that being a woman who reports being raped is a "coveted position", without explaining why any woman would ever want to covet such a position.

edited to correct "special privileges" to "privileges".

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Posted by ballscaster

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Posted on 7/5/14 at 12:41 pm to Rex

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He claimed that women who report being raped are conferred "special privileges"

Not one time was that phrase uttered in Will's piece.

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He also said that being a woman who reports being raped is a "coveted position"

Not one time was that phrase uttered in Will's piece, either.

You are lying. You are quoting phrases that the man did not say.

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 7/5/14 at 12:42 pm to Rex

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He claimed that women who report being raped are conferred "special privileges" without naming what those special privileges are

i mean, if we're going to just talk about this. first, they are protected from scrutiny. second, they are given the benefit of the doubt and believed automatically while the accused is not believed. combine the 2 and it's a scary situation for NON-rapist men

how many other adult victims of alleged crimes are given the same protections in the system?

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Posted by kingbob

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Posted on 7/5/14 at 12:48 pm to Rex

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That's all very sad, but it's pretty irrelevant to what George Will said. He claimed that women who report being raped are conferred "special privileges" without naming what those special privileges are. He also said that being a woman who reports being raped is a "coveted position", without explaining why any woman would ever want to covet such a position.

That's easy, power, pity, and attention.

They get the power to completely ruin some young man's life and decide his fate. It's very alluring to do this to someone you hate or to do so out of spite (girl in hs did it to my friend because he refused to go out with her). She felt slighted so she "got even".

Pity. Everyone likes sympathy. Some people even go so far as to want to he pitied.

Attention. For a wall flower who doesn't get a lot of attention, the sympathy from claiming rape can be attractive. She will get nothing but positive and supporting attention from her friends as well as authority figures. Professors will be more lenient with grades, girls friends who are normally distant will rally around her, and she will always have the moral high ground for a while.

Throw in the fact that there are literally zero disincentives under the law to do this and crazy, vindictive, or attention starved women will do this, and do do this, with impugnity.

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