Every year, nearly 1,700 of the roughly 87,000 reported rape allegations are deemed false. This is 1,700 people, per year, that have their entire lives ruined. They continue to be ostracized and demonized by society, and they continue to be labelled as rapists when they have not done anything wrong. The people who have made the false accusations walk free, able to continue to make these allegations. They haven't been punished for it, and likely never will, unless something changes.

Let us not forget the key word in the first sentence of the last paragraph, though: Reported. This doesn't include the false allegations that have been dropped charges. The accusations that, though may have been false, that went to trial and the people who were claimed to be rapists were charged as such -- though they may never have actually done anything.

Something I would like to see as part of this change is mandatory rape-kits done on those who file rape claims. I would like to see men's rape claims being taken more seriously. Full analysis of all evidence put forward, including the situation that those involved in the claim were in prior to it being filed -- this includes both parties' criminal records. Rape is a serious crime, but so is slander.

Is that not what making a false allegation is? Slander? Libel? Blackmail? Lying in court? Are these not punishable offenses? Why, if these things really are such, is someone who deliberately lies to the court allowed to walk free? Why do they not serve any jail time for spreading a lie about someone that can ruin their entire life? I fail to see justice in that.