# Should the privacy of those accused of sexual crimes be protected?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-privacy-of-those-accused-of-sexual-crimes-be-protected/773078
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [November 26, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-privacy-of-those-accused-of-sexual-crimes-be-protected/773078 "2016-11-26T20:07:07Z")
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### Author: ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-privacy-of-those-accused-of-sexual-crimes-be-protected/773078/4 "2016-11-26T21:34:33Z")

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I chose the topic of sexual crimes because I see this type of post in various threads on the Board on a regular basis. I never see similar [del]diatribes[/del] maunderings about poor, mis-accused murderers.

> [@Two men cleared of rape by recording](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-men-cleared-of-rape-by-recording/772930/31):
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> You aren’t going to get much traction on this board for this issue. The official position here is that false accusations almost never happen, and all accusations should be taken as true.
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> /S  
> If some men are hurt by this, well, they were asking for it, weren’t they? If they didn’t want to have their lives destroyed, their academic careers ended and reputation ruined, what were they doing having sex outside of a committed relationship anyway? And even if they were in a committed relationship, what did they do to make the woman angry? After all, that’s what’s really important. A woman is pissed off. Something must be done about it!

For the purposes of this thread, therefore, I’d like to keep it to the topic of sexual crime. If the thread becomes a broader topic, so be it.

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