There was certainly some terrible information perpetrated in the beginning which I imagine could have led to some misconceptions and false claims. I remember the first training I went to said that a single sip of alcohol voided your ability to give consent. This is untrue and consent can, legally, be given under the influence albeit may complicate some aspects of some investigations, but the more recent trainings/talks I’ve been to on consent have been excellent and should absolutely be encouraged.
We want a world where everyone understands consent, so people don’t have to preemptively put up so many personal walls around themselves just to feel safe in everyday interactions.
GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Great job they got Harvey Weinstein. It was’t started for no reason. (Not that you said that, but I think thats where down votes are coming from).
I don’t know how we got from that to "“Women DON’T lie about rape” and the U. VA disaster. Or “mattress girl” who did the big stunt of carrying a mattress around her college campus and saying “this is the mattress I was raped on”. At some point her text messages came out in court and it became pretty clear that not only had she had consensual sex with the guy (another student in the dorms), but she was a sex pest herself. She wanted a second hookup and when he said no, she threatened to tell everyone he raped her. Which she did, making it a national news story thanks to #MeToo.
To this day, Wikipedia has an extremely one-sided story with glaring omissions.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
By far the greatest motive to lie is creating an environment where “all women and zionists are truthful about rape and war”, because one of them was victimized. RAINN.org promotes a hateful lie infographic claiming that “99% of rapists go free” that could just as logically be interpreted as 99% of accusations are false.