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Kevin Spacey cleared over all sexual assault charges
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It is far, far more common for women who allege to be completely ignored, ridiculed, dragged through the mud should they choose to pursue charges. That's a simple fact of the world. RAPE IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN FALSE RAPE ACCUSATIONS.
https://www.rainn.org/statistics/criminal-justice-system
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/sex-and-love/a18799799/sexaul-assault-reporting/
I'm not denying what you're saying, I'm saying both are a problem and advocating for not throwing out the baby with the bath water. There must be a way to adjust our system to account for both cases, no? Or would that be objectionable to you somehow?
I think I'll point you to another comment I made in this thread to explain how I feel:
https://kbin.social/m/worldnews@lemmy.ml/t/253499/-/comment/1173345
I don't have a kbin account so that link is broken for me. Long live the fediverse. sigh Feel your feelings, whatever.