The lesser of 2 evils

 This is a scary and sensitive subject. The idea of a woman crying false rape. I never have a definite answer on how one should deal with this. It is not as black and white as it sounds. Sometimes in a situation, a woman truly believes she was raped when the man has no idea why she would think so. Sometimes it is that the girl never said "Yes" and the boy never heard "No". Sometimes it is even more complicated.
 When a woman makes a rape claim that is for certain false, it makes me want to beat her senseless. The men I care about in my life should not live in fear of the damage such a claim can do to their life no more than a woman should live in fear of the damage rape does to theirs. So I am not so sure how I feel about this -

http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=78241

 The ramifications of a possible conviction are potentially devastating. It is already difficult to get victims to report rapes. There is so much fear and trauma already. With the idea that if one can't prove the charges, that they may in turn be charged with a crime will not help any. And what about the possibility that she was raped but retracted the claim when threatened by those she accused? This may not be the case, but what if?

 Maybe there should be more laws protecting men when accused of rape until convicted. I just can't feel good about anything that may potentially victimize a rape victim even more.

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