# Woman accuses man of rape/sexual assault. Who do you believe?

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**Created:** [October 19, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-accuses-man-of-rape-sexual-assault-who-do-you-believe/769034 "2016-10-19T15:47:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-accuses-man-of-rape-sexual-assault-who-do-you-believe/769034/66 "2016-10-20T18:10:32Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> The problem I see is that some people still think that false accusations of rape are common place.

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.

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