I’m (26f) afraid to date anyone because I feel the risk of sexual violence is too high

Rape is terrible and destroys lives. I know how much that can hurt. But the reality is that false rape accusations is the same thing on the other side of that join that is equally as evil, and discounting it is just as bad. Do you have any idea how traumatic it is to be falsely accused of rape, arrested, and fight for your life in a trial? When I was eleven, my father was falsely accused of rape and imprisoned for seven years. Seeing the extent of corruption in the judicial system and seeing how an innocent man can have his life taken away for no reason destroyed my trust in society and humanity, not a single day has gone by where I haven't contemplated suicide. I dropped out of school at 14 and have had zero relations with any humans since then. It will never leave me, the course of my life has changed forever and I will inevitably kill myself before 30. This is because of what you just discounted. Rape is evil, but so are false rape accusations. Don't act like it's not a big deal because it has destroyed families and individual lives including many suicides.

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