The Myth of the Lying Woman

June 29, 2017 ·
Slate Magazine ·

...in challenging what author and law professor Susan Estrich has called “the myth of the lying woman,” feminists have been creating their own counter-myth: that of the woman who never lies. We are not, as some anti-feminist blogs assert, in the midst of a massive “epidemic” of rape hoaxes. But wrongful accusations—either deliberately made up or based on gray-area cases that may hinge on mixed signals, alcohol-addled memories, or misunderstandings of what constitutes assault—are not the almost nonexistent anomaly advocates for victims often claim. They can be cries for attention and sympathy, or attempts to cover up embarrassing sexual encounters, and can be helped along by an overzealous justice system and prosecutors who rush to judgment, missing the truth. How do these women live with the tragic results of their lies? Will they ever have the courage to tell the truth?

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Yes, Sometimes Women Lie About Rape
https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/09/false-rape-accusations-why-must-we-pretend-they-never-happen.html

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Yes, Sometimes Women Lie About Rape

In the emotionally charged conversation about rape, few topics are more fraught than that of false allegations. Consider some responses to the news tha ...