1 in 5 rapes being proved false doesn’t make 4 in 5 true

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As expected, the true believers of the debunked claim that 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted in college are trying to tear down recent campus crime reports showing that 1 in 5 reports of rape are false.

In addition to showing that around 20 percent of rapes reported to university officials and campus police are false, the reports also shatter the illusion that 20 percent of students are being assaulted. And that hurts the narrative.

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