- 14 Dec 2022 02:08
#15258987
We need to STOP giving alleged rape victims any money
In recent years there have been a huge number of cases involving women claiming a wealthy celebrity raped them and then trying to sue them to get large amounts of money.
Very frequently, after one woman accuses a celebrity of rape and it appears in the news, scores of other women come forward also claiming to have been raped by that celebrity in the past.
But is it possible these women are just trying to hop aboard the gravy train to easy money?
This entire thing is the result of the "Me too" movement, where everyone is expected to automatically believe women.
If a woman claims a man raped her, and there's no other evidence besides her testimony, I have no problem punishing the man, with maybe 6 years in prison, for example.
But DO NOT give her money. Do not give her any money!!! Nothing will incentivize false rape accusations more than handing out free money. And these women know these wealthy celebrities have lots of money. The court systems are wacky and will sometimes pay out millions of dollars to a woman who was allegedly sexually abused, if the perpetrator was wealthy.
Some people will naively say that the accuser has an incentive not to lie, because of if it's determined she is lying she will be punished. But it's very rare that a false accuser ever gets punished. Even if they strongly believe the woman is lying, lots of times they will not charge her, or even if they do charge her she will only get a tiny little fraction of the punishment the alleged perpetrator would have got. This is because no one wants to punish a woman when there's a possibility she might be telling the truth, no one wants to do anything that might dissuade other women from coming forward.
And women often do not think logically. If there's an opportunity for some easy money dangling in front of them, there are many people who would just want to grab that, without giving much thought to the consequences or risks. That is just how crime often works.
Some of these women may even convince themselves they are "helping" other women. Because if one woman accuses a man of raping her, maybe no one will believe her. But if several women are accusing that same men of raping them, people will be much more likely to believe that man was a rapist. So in the minds of some of these women they are "helping" another woman to receive justice, and getting some free money for themselves in the process.
More than half the time these men just agree to pay the accuser a large amount of money in a settlement, because they're worried if it actually goes to court there's a risk they could be ordered to pay out much more money. Whether the man is really guilty or not.
The amount of money a woman should be paid should not be dependent upon how wealthy her alleged perpetrator happened to be, but in the current screwed up court system that is exactly how it is.
But the Progressive Left will balk and squeal at any notion that we should curtail this and cut women off from this money.
In recent years there have been a huge number of cases involving women claiming a wealthy celebrity raped them and then trying to sue them to get large amounts of money.
Very frequently, after one woman accuses a celebrity of rape and it appears in the news, scores of other women come forward also claiming to have been raped by that celebrity in the past.
But is it possible these women are just trying to hop aboard the gravy train to easy money?
This entire thing is the result of the "Me too" movement, where everyone is expected to automatically believe women.
If a woman claims a man raped her, and there's no other evidence besides her testimony, I have no problem punishing the man, with maybe 6 years in prison, for example.
But DO NOT give her money. Do not give her any money!!! Nothing will incentivize false rape accusations more than handing out free money. And these women know these wealthy celebrities have lots of money. The court systems are wacky and will sometimes pay out millions of dollars to a woman who was allegedly sexually abused, if the perpetrator was wealthy.
Some people will naively say that the accuser has an incentive not to lie, because of if it's determined she is lying she will be punished. But it's very rare that a false accuser ever gets punished. Even if they strongly believe the woman is lying, lots of times they will not charge her, or even if they do charge her she will only get a tiny little fraction of the punishment the alleged perpetrator would have got. This is because no one wants to punish a woman when there's a possibility she might be telling the truth, no one wants to do anything that might dissuade other women from coming forward.
And women often do not think logically. If there's an opportunity for some easy money dangling in front of them, there are many people who would just want to grab that, without giving much thought to the consequences or risks. That is just how crime often works.
Some of these women may even convince themselves they are "helping" other women. Because if one woman accuses a man of raping her, maybe no one will believe her. But if several women are accusing that same men of raping them, people will be much more likely to believe that man was a rapist. So in the minds of some of these women they are "helping" another woman to receive justice, and getting some free money for themselves in the process.
More than half the time these men just agree to pay the accuser a large amount of money in a settlement, because they're worried if it actually goes to court there's a risk they could be ordered to pay out much more money. Whether the man is really guilty or not.
The amount of money a woman should be paid should not be dependent upon how wealthy her alleged perpetrator happened to be, but in the current screwed up court system that is exactly how it is.
But the Progressive Left will balk and squeal at any notion that we should curtail this and cut women off from this money.
- By JohnRawls
- By skinster