General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Why the Men's Rights Movement Is Garbage [View all]Nine
(1,741 posts)I mean you're talking about cases where there is DNA evidence - meaning semen. And later DNA testing of the semen and the person convicted did not match. So those are likely cases of misidentification. I mean I suppose one or two of these cases could be an instance of a false rape charge. A woman has consensual sex with "man A" but decides, for some reason, to create a false rape charge against "man B." It doesn't seem likely. The usual notion of a false rape charge is that a woman has consensual sex with a man and then regrets it and decides to claim rape. In that scenario a DNA test would not exonerate the man. I suspect most of these cases are where there was an unknown assailant and the real culprit was misidentified - a far cry from a "false rape charge."
ETA - And, yes, of course there are instances of false rape claims. Just as there are instance of individual voter fraud. But when you focus on the relatively rare individual voter fraud and ignore massive amounts of voter disenfranchisement, I can't help but think you have an agenda. Same goes for making posters admonishing women to not make false rape claims.