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Guys, false reports of rape are extremely rare. Somewhere from 2-10%, and the 10% is a dubious number. Most agree the number is closer to 7% max.

Funny that someone with 4 posts is trying to tell someone with 1,444 posts how great this place is! Welcome, wheeler! We've been around for 20 years, in one iteration or another, glad you finally found us!

I don't disagree but like any uprising, "movements" have to begin somewhere. While neither example you give is socially acceptable, they do deserve a very different punishment. My issue is, like anything else in modern society (including your example), a movement intended to give voice to and empower women has been perverted for political gain. Differentiating between the two isn't terribly difficult but most people are too lazy to do so. They would rather take the silly Facebook meme and believe it as absolute truth. Groupthink is an epidemic in our society!

I apologize. X is on the left in any 4 wide formation for union except trips left. My bad.

The issue I have with the #MeToo movement is that it’s much too broad in terms of scope. I am uneasy lumping “a female had her rear smacked by a male at a club” with “a female was raped by a male”. The instances of the first will far outnumber the instances of the second, and I do not believe it is just to the victims of the more heinous offense to consider the two instances moral social equivalents. Just my $.02.

Am I the only one surprised by this decision??? I had an idea of where I thought he would go (no, not VT) but this one kinda came out of nowhere...wonder what they are giving these kids at UNC besides a degree without classes...

The perception (steaming from the Kavanaugh hearings and other public examples) is that women "aren't believed", and nothing could be further from the truth but young women seem to be getting this idea that they shouldn't report these types of things(rape, inappropriate touching, suggestive comments, assault, etc) because they wont be believed. There is also a HUGE difference between an accuser being believed and a accused perpetrator being proven guilty. I read some of those comments on social media regarding the young lady speaking at the school board meeting the other day, "no one believes her" and "the powers that be don't believe her" when that's not necessarily whats going on. The sad truth is claims need to be investigated 100% of the time, but that doesn't mean that convictions will occur 100% of the time, and the accused cant be punished based on accusations - removal from a teaching position based on accusations is a different situation than being found criminally liable

Effects 88.7% of rape victims are women on average 68% of sexual assaults go unreported 98% of rapists will not spend time in jail Juveniles accounted for 16% of forcible rape arrestees in 1995 and 17% of those arrested for other sex offenses 1 in 4 women will face sexual abuse in their lifetime Since 89% of victims of sexual abuse are female and factoring in the above information, what would you expect? This is how any "movement" begins.....to bring attention to glaring disparities in the way humans are being treated! #MeToo is not perfect but it's a start and it's not going away.