The problem is that children and women make false accusations about things all the time. There needs to be other evidence when it comes to putting a person in prison or shooting them dead in the driveway.
Even a special needs children with limited mental capacity are capable of making false accusations. This occurred last week...
A Morrow High School special needs student lied when she accused a fellow student of rape, Clayton County police said Friday.
Assistant Chief Jeff Turner said the girl, 14, admitted to detectives Thursday night that she made up the rape allegation because she was angry at the boy for bragging about having sex with her.
Turner said the girl had sex with two boys, both 15, Friday while they were supposed to be in class.
School officials said the acts took place off campus.
Turner said the girl will not be charged with making a false report of a crime because of her mental capacity and that the boys will not be charged.
Asked whether the students will be disciplined by the school district, spokesman Charles White said the investigation is continuing
Again you give examples of teenagers/adults bringing false charges for purposes of revenge.
You have to bear in mind that -most- 10 year year olds, even in these fast-paced times lack the mental complexity to fabricate credible sexual accusations.
Back in the early 70s in my *extremely* culturally backwards area, it simply was not done.
Kids were kids, here.
We didn't even get sex ed until our teens because kids here weren't "fast" enough to need it before then.
For every example you give of a false accusation, dozens, [if not hundreds] of molesters are walking free without fear of ever being held accountable, mainly because they have the assurance of getting out of it by casting doubt on the motives of their accusers.
In the short time I've been on FR I've "met" several dozen FReepers whose stories mirror mine.
By the time they turn 18, 2 out of every 3 women will have been raped or molested.
The prisons should over-filled with their assailants but they're not.
Why?
Because the victims will always face an inquistion designed to destroy -them- rather than convicting their attacker.
So most of them remain silent and suffering.
And with this post, I am done with this circular argument.
I have spent enough years justifying myself to family and don't need to start justifying myself to strangers.