Cases of rape determined to be “false” vary from 2% to 10%.
But the standard to make this determination are pretty high. It basically needs to be impossible for the crime to have been committed. As in the accused was in South America at the time.
“The determination that a report
of sexual assault is false can be made only if the
evidence establishes that no crime was committed
or attempted”
Not classifying a rape report as false under this highly restrictive definition thus by no means should be considered confirmation that it is true.
A truly accurate study of how many false accusations are made would be interesting. The problem, of course, is that people who study it are likely to be activists in the cause. Not a recipe for good science. And of course that in probably a majority of cases it’s impossible to determine for sure whether a rape accusation is true or false.
I know from experience that women quite often remember things differently from the way that they actually happen when the matter in question is of little or no consequence. I suspect that the same thing may happen when the matter in question is of grave consequence.
No doubt someone will say that the same thing applies to men and I would not say otherwise but men do not often claim to have been raped.
The vast majority of "date rape" charges would be very hard to prove. The woman might be thinking "I wasn't really in the mood, therefore it was rape". The guy operates under the standard "If she did not say no, and did not resist, then it was consensual". With guys not being mind readers, it should be the woman's obligation to deliver an unambiguous "no".
The problem with "non date rape", ie criminal rape, as in "submit or I will hurt you", is that there would be too many black faces in the lineup. The feminists prefer going after middle class frat boys.