I have some workplace experience connected to this general subject.I worked for a long time in a big city ER.Along with the heart attacks,strokes,car accidents and gunshot wounds we saw we also saw a fair number of women who stated that they had been raped.Our ER had a team of specially trained nurses and physicians (mainly gynecologists) who were assigned to evaluate and treat them.Their goals were to treat any physical,and psychological,injuries they might have sustained *and* to collect evidence (swabs,photos,etc,etc) that could be used by a prosecutor in court.
Long story short...most of the times that the nurse assigned to the patient did an initial exam/interview they'd come out and talk to their fellow nurses about what they found.In most cases I heard them say things like "this poor woman,she's the real deal" (not an exact quote,of course) but sometimes I heard them express doubts as to the truthfulness of the woman's claim.
Just sayin'...
Well, when they go to the ER- they very likely have a real case (most, not all of course- there are some real nuts who think they could fool experts and make the claim they were raped when they weren’t)-
Did this woman who claimed she was raped go to the ER? Almost all women who intend to make the charge of rape would go to the ER to gather medical proof that they had been raped (but even at that, a woman could be devious enough to have sex with her boyfriend , or spouse, (without them leaving their DNA), and make the claim another man ‘raped her’, and of course there would be evidence such as bruising, or rawness or whether, don’t wanna get too graphic-)
Not all women will go to ER though- and we shopuldn’t just automatically dismiss them because they didn’t, but again, most women, wanting to make the claim of abuse, would, and those that don’t didn’t help their case any by not going- and they should face up to the fact that because they didn’t, they don’t stand much of a chance of proving their case- It’s just a fact that without corroborating evidence, the case is muchly weakened for them and they should seriously consider whether it would be worth it to pursue the case with the chance that noone will believe them, and worse, think they are simply out to hurt someone and profit financially- They may very well have a legit case, but again, it will be nearly impossible to prove- and that’s just a fact-
That’s an ED. I would expect a higher percentage of real rape cases there. In the corporate world, It is extremely unusual for a rape charge to be real. It is usually a case of an eager younger employee who has willing sex then is coached to take advantage of the situation by claiming rape.