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SpokenTruth said:
o_O.Q said:

"A rate between 2% and 10%, depending on the study, of demonstrably false claims should not be your default position"

so between 98% and 90% of victims don't report their assaults? so how do we know about these cases if they are unreported?

I'm not sure how you interpreted that but no, it means that 90% - 98% are either unfounded or verified true.  Only 2% - 10% are verfiied as false claims.

According to the National Research council, 80% of all sexual assaults are unreported to authorities.

And that's the problem with the interpretation of these statistics. 90-90% of sexual assault claims are either unfounded or verified true.

According to the National Research council, 80% of all sexual assault claims are unreported to authorities.