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So you're saying if the number didn't exist then the girls shouldn't be as wary as they are rn?
That numbers might answer their wariness , but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be too. It's called just to be safe.
You don't wanna end up as that 1% who got falsely accused do you?I'm sure everyone felt the same way.
There are two types of evidence here that we can use:
The first, statistical evidence, which backs up the statement that women tend to get SA'd more than men get falsely accused (By a large margin). However, this is largely irrelevant for the day to day activity of an average person, since they tend to rely more on experiences.
However, the more relevant type of evidence for the day to day person is empirical evidence (evidence gathered from past experiences). Things are more likely to resonate with people when it has happened to themselves or someone close to them, which is why they largely ignore the statistical evidence.
Now, if I were to ask you how many people you know in your life that have been sexually assaulted by men, I would assume you could give a few names (if not, then mutual friends of those people).
if you did not have twitter, how many times have people you known been falsely accused by women? Twitter is obviously a platform that puts events like these on the frontpage, making them seem much more common than in reality.
If you don't want to think about it statistically, you can simply just ask the people in your life and see how many people it's happened to.