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How can a man 100% protect himself of assuring a jury?

A man can protect himself from false rape accusations in exactly the same way a woman can - By making sure the person they are having sex with is really into it. Why would anyone who was really into the sex make a false accusation afterwards? The only person who would do such a thing would be someone incredibly vindictive and mean-spirited. Or someone young or who was cheating who doesnt want their parents or partner to know they had sex and who is selfish enough to be willing to ruin another persons life for their own protection. Therefore, an extra measure of safety can be found in only having sex with people you trust. If your friend lends you money, do you live in fear that they will report you to the police for theft? When you go visit people you know, why are you not afraid that they may call the cops and accuse you of breaking into their house? These scenarios seem absurd, because you know your friends wont do that. If you dont know that your sexual partner wouldnt accuse you of rape, maybe you should not have sex with that person. What happens far more often than false rape accusations, is that a person thinks they have been falsely accused because they do not recognize that what they have done was a gross violation of consent. Take your suggestion, for example. If you truly, honestly, think that if you have a signed contract from a woman agreeing to sex and she changes her mind halfway through the act, that you have the right to continue thrusting into her until you are done, then Im afraid it is not false rape accusations you need to worry about. A signed contract or a tape recorded agreement would not help you in court in the least, because even if a person says yes to sex now, it is their right to change their mind. That is what is meant when people say consent is ongoing and in the moment. A person can be having sex, and decide they want to stop having sex, and if you dont respect that, it is rape. If you dont understand this then I can begin to get an idea of why you are so worried about false rape accusations - because you dont quite get how consent works. Look. I understand that the idea that someone could just go to the police, make a claim about you, and ruin your life, is terrifying. The fact that this has actually happened to some people does give the fear legitimacy. But please understand that this risk of this happening is vastly, vastly exaggerated. Also, someone can do that with any crime. They can go to the police and accuse you of murder, or theft, or assault - have you spent any time worrying about how to protect yourself from false assault allegations? Men can be raped too. Men can make false rape accusations too. Why have I not seen one single question here on Quora asking what women can do to protect themselves from false rape accusations? Not. One. A man is far more likely to be raped than to be falsely accused of rape. Yet there are far more questions on how men can protect themselves from false rape accusations than how men can protect themselves from being raped. Think about that. And to get back to your question - You can protect yourself from false rape accusations by making very sure that you have ongoing, enthusiastic consent from all your sexual partners. By treating other people with respect and by not having sex with people you dont know and trust. By making sure that you never have sex for the first time with someone who is intoxicated, and making sure your sexual partners are happy with having sex while drunk before you have sex with them when they are drunk. If you behave like this towards others, the odds of someone falsely accusing you is extremely, extremely low. And should anyone do so, you will have plenty people willing to testify that the claims do not match your standard behavior.

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