Hm... plenty of men have been publicly accused of rape by women (Duke lacrosse case, the Mattress Girl, Rolling Stone &quot;Rape on Campus&quot;, to list a few). I don&#x27;t recall any legal repercussions for those women. I&#x27;m guessing that&#x27;s because it&#x27;s really hard to prove they&#x27;re lying (even though in many cases there is very obvious evidence that they were), but this fact doesn&#x27;t really support your claim that calling someone a rapist <i>ever</i> results in legal consequences (let alone criminal consequences).