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Hey there, Patrons. I'm here today with a particularly upsetting episode of The Broad-Cast, and I hope you can forgive me for what a downer it is, but I think it's filled with some of the most startling and underreported information that I have shared as of yet.

This episode is about rape allegations and the way they're handled, the way that people see women, and specifically how cops deal with accusations of sexual assault. These stories are disturbing, enraging, and worst of all, common. 

They needed to be heard, and I could think of no better way to share them. Obviously, a huge trigger warning for talk of rape, abuse, and victim-blaming.

I have linked to everything I referenced in the episode at the bottom, and I hope that you guys will share this with others and spread the word on what a disgusting problem this is. I want to create a petition for police education on rape and sexual assault, but I'm not sure how best to implement something like that so if you have experience writing national-level petitions, please let me know.

Thanks for listening, and special thanks to Manya Gaver who offered her help with research.

Free Thought Blog article titled 'I Am A False Rape Allegation Statistic".

"Marie", forced to recant her testimony after her foster family decided she was lying

Sara Reed, raped at gunpoint and accused of lying and stealing, then jailed. 

Angela Rose, raped at knifepoint at age 18, is accused of lying and then creates PAVE, a national non-profit dedicated to sharing awareness on sexual assault.

Patty, sexually assaulted and then charged with lying and humiliated in court

, andwent on the win a whopping $35K.

Layla, who was assaulted and then charged with making a false accusation, arrested, and sentenced to 3 years in prison while pregnant.

Lara, raped by her sister's husband and arrested for filling false charges, resulting in her rapist going free and murdering her nephew. 

Gail Sherwood of the UK, raped twice by her stalker and imprisoned for 2 years for filing a false report and faking a crime scene.

Slate article titled 'Why It's So Hard To Quantify False Rape Charges'.

Human Right's Watch report titled 'Capitol Offense: Police mishandling of sexual assault cases in the District Of Columbia'

Raw Story article titled 'Washington Accused Of "disturbing" Failures To Investigate Rape', with additional city statistics.

The Guardian article titled '109 Women Prosecuted For False Rape Claims In 5 Years, Say Campaigners'.