‘Rape Culture’ Is A MYTH | Change My Mind

[KLAMarine]

SpokenTruth said: 

KLAMarine said: 

 

I don't think it's an awful way at all. It's a great way to show how pervasive something is: how pervasive are false rape allegations? 2-8% of rape allegations are false according to the list SpokenTruth provided. How pervasive are "men causing women pain during sex" threads on Reddit? The list uses the word "threads" which is plural but only alludes to one such thread existing which it refused to link to.

Assuming the thread exists, per my calculations, .00000083% of Reddit threads are "dedicated to men causing women pain during sex" and that's me being generous.

In conclusion, false accusations are more pervasive in the realm of accusations than threads "dedicated to men causing women pain during sex" in the realm of Reddit if the information the list provides is factual.

You completely missed his point.  He's telling you that you should be looking at the bigger picture rather than isolating this one thread.  Further, you are asking for a percentage of total threads dedicated to "men causing women pain during sex" against all threads.  A better idea would be to find the percentage of all threads that are sexually demeaning, sexually degrading or sexually negative towards women against all threads.

This single thread listed ("men causing women pain during sex") was provided as an example of the types of threads that perpetuate the problem.

Do you have a link to the "men causing women pain during sex" thread? What about a count of the threads "that are sexually demeaning, sexually degrading or sexually negative towards women"?

SpokenTruth said: 

 

false allegations are a greater problem than Reddit threads that talk about men inflicting pain on women during sex.

Of course false allegations are a greater problem than this one single thread. But you are staring at an example of a tree and ignoring the forest it is in.

 

By the way, your 26th entry will never make it on the list for the simple fact that false allegations exist because rape itself exists.  The more prevalent rape is, the more prevalent false accusations are. They are a symptom of rape culture, not an agent of perpetuation of it.

I disagree. False allegations, when exposed, do terrible harm to legitimate victims of rape. Credibility of rape/sexual assault allegations take a hit and the existence of false allegations are the reason why a degree of skepticism is the usual approach to any accusation. You say they're "not an agent of perpetuation of it" but I think the skepticism due to false allegations might prevent a legitimate rape victim from coming forward with their story.

False allegations are a serious issue not only for innocent parties but to true victims as well.