Stupid Chivalry
Written on December 8, 2005
In [1990 and 1991] women in [seven Washington, DC-area jurisdictions] filed 1,842 rape reports, and police concluded that 439 were unfounded.
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[One] woman said she lied because she needed an excuse for having been late to work.
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[Lt. Dan Davis, Howard County (Maryland) Police Department, said] Our philosophy is that a woman who would file a false rape report needs counseling, not jail time.
Washington Post, June 27, 1992
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