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How Many Rape Reports Are False?
The dark numbers behind one of the darkest crimes.
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How many women falsely accuse men of rape?
A lot of statistics are floating around the Internet: Two percent, say many feminists, the same as other crimes. Twenty-five percent, say other groups who quarrel with the feminists on many issues, or maybe 40 percent. Here's the real answer: We don't know. Anyone who insists that we do know should be corrected or ignored.