# Two men cleared of rape by recording

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**Created:** [November 24, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-men-cleared-of-rape-by-recording/772930 "2016-11-24T23:56:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-men-cleared-of-rape-by-recording/772930/42 "2016-11-26T10:36:48Z")

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> [@TokyoBayer](#):
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> That’s all just evidence that you don’t believe it.

From another thread:

> [@Woman accuses man of rape/sexual assault. Who do you believe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-accuses-man-of-rape-sexual-assault-who-do-you-believe/769034/66):
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> There is no accurate data, so just as we cannot say that false accusations are common, so we also cannot say that false accusations are rare.

> [@What do you think about recording sex sessions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-recording-sex-sessions/567602/45):
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> Lets see:
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> “False Rape Allegations” by Eugene Kanin, Archives of Sexual Behavior Feb 1994 v23 n1 p81 (12), found 41% of all claims over a nine year period were false.
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> He also studied two state universities and found that 50% of the 64 rape claims were false.
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> McDowell, Charles P., Ph.D. “False Allegations.” Forensic Science Digest, (publication of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations), Vol. 11, No. 4 (December 1985), p. 64.  
> This one found 60% false claim rate.
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> Here is an online source: [http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume6/j6\_2\_4.htm](http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume6/j6_2_4.htm).
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> The percentages are all over the place, but it is clear that false rapes occur frequently. Furthermore, rape is often proved on the basis of one eye-witness’s testimony. As a result, it is impossible to fault a man who records, and keeps private, his sexual encounters.

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