False Rape Reports

After my Rape and the Police post, I said I'd do a follow-up on false reports of rape.  I do this for two reasons.

False reports do happen, albeit rarely.  Rare or not, they're worth discussing.
By posting this discussion here, the next time I talk about rape and someone starts to derail the conversation by talking about false accusations, I can redirect the commenter to this post.

The issue of false accusations used to come up every time I spoke to men about rape.  It's come up in almost...