Something else standing in the way from us living in a culture that not only says it abhors rape but that also takes action against it is an unrealistic view of false allegations. It is commonly brought up as a defense that for a variety of reasons and despite it being illegal, women lie about rape frequently. (Harding, 2015) A study at a North-Eastern university found that out of the one-hundred and thirty-six sexual assault cases reported in ten years, only 5.9% of them were recorded as false allegations (Lisak et al., 2010)). As well years of other research supports this claim and points to the prevalence of false allegations being between 2% and 8% the same as found in other crimes. Part of the problem is the inability to agree on what
