Do men understand rape?

[whopis01]

156. No, it shouldn't be automatic belief

But you should be 92 - 98% confident that any woman who claims to have been raped was actually raped.

I get the point that out of every 100 men accused of rape there are 2 - 8 of them that are innocent.

However, to believe that a man accused of rape is innocent requires one to believe that the accuser is a liar and guilty of false accusation.

So, if we wish to protect the innocent 2-8% of men accused of rape by not assuming they are rapists, should we not also want to protect the innocent 92-98% of women accusing a man of rape by not assuming that they are liars?

It seems to me that the only way to do that is to say, in every case of accused rape, that this needs to be fully investigated. Not to say things like "any woman can accuse a man of rape for revenge" or "some women have consensual sex, regret it the next day and accuse the man of rape to feel better about it" or "he is a rapist" or anything else of that sort. But rather to just say "this is a serious accusation and we need to bring all the available criminal justice resources we have to investigate and prosecute as needed."

(btw - a fact does not "occur" because of a trial and conviction being handed down. A fact is a fact from day one. Obviously anyone with even the feeblest critical thinking skills would realize that someone merely stating or claiming something does not make it a fact. Trials determine a groups belief in what is and is not fact. However a conviction (or lack of conviction) is not what makes someone guilty (or innocent) of a crime.)