Mary Jackson, you’re dualling with a strawman. No one here was claiming that all rape accusations from women are “crying rape”. But realistically, some are. You can’t presume either way. That’s the whole point here.
The law has to operate on guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The issue is that it’s up to a jury to decide what the threshold is for “beyond a reasonable doubt”, and they will be influenced by these social constructs. If a large swath of the public believes that women are generally telling the truth in rape cases, there will be a high conviction rate. If they believe that men aren’t telling the truth, there won’t be convictions, and in all likelihood, there won’t even be a trial, because the police and prosecutors won’t pursue it.
As several people have said above, the most likely outcome of reporting the crime would be HIS prosecution. I suppose that you’re fine with “blame the victim”, like they do to women in Iran?
