But a woman who has an abortion doesn't need to point at anyone specific to make a false claim of rape.
Also as far as **** shaming.They have consentual sex.He decides to brag about it .She gets the **** shaming.To save her integrity she lies and says I was a victim of rape.Puts a whole new meaning to kiss and tell.
What about race? I wonder how many white women will be more likely to false accuse a black man because of the still racist views on that?
Well, speaking from my own experience of women who lie, the main "reason" is that they're freaking lunatics. My friend's ex, for example, was a freaking lunatic. She was malicious, vindictive, jealous, and mentally and emotionally unstable. That was all apparent to me within two minutes of meeting her. Don't know what my friend saw in her.
I had another friend who habitually lied about all kinds of things. Again, I think she was mentally ill. It was attention-seeking behavior. She lied to get sympathy from people. Never about rape, to my knowledge, but about her sexual exploits, and a number of fake pregnancies and a couple abortions that never occurred.
It could very well be that - if you are an incredibly weak-minded person, mentally ill, developmentally delayed or unusually fearful - our culture of **** shaming might "tip you over the edge" into pretending that you've been raped, but really there's no excuse for that kind of behavior, or any other kind of malicious gossip IMO.
Likewise, I think there's no excuse for committing violence against others as a form of vigilante justice. Not even if you are reacting to malicious gossip.
It's about personal responsibility, IMO, and giving credit where credit is due. The malicious gossip is the fault of those who generate or participate in it. The violence is the fault of those who perpetrate the violence. You need a nice clear line between the culpability of either group because we are a species that ostensibly possesses free will.