During my time as a Military Policeman, one of the biggest issues was male MPs being accused of rape and related offenses when they happened to be alone with any female in their patrol vehicle, particularly someone they arrested.
When there was no way to avoid transporting a female without an onboard witness of some kind, the practice was to call in via radio and have the Desk Sergeant record the starting time and mileage on the odometer. Then, when the female was dropped off wherever she needed to be, the MP would call in again to record ending time and mileage. If radio communications don’t work, noting them on a patrol notebook would often serve the same purpose. The idea is that you can’t easily just make stuff up that would calculate out that precisely. How could you know the exact distance and driving time for some random trip?
In these days of silliness about gender ID, I’ve heard it became common policy for all of the alleged genders in any combination. Any accusations later would be compared with the time and distance, and if there was no room in that for whatever the MP was accused of, the claim was dismissed. This is also a general practice in other law enforcement agencies. I’m told most judges honor that evidence. It’s too easy to have someone else go back and repeat the trip under the same conditions to verify.
The reason I mention this is that things are going quite bonkers in our world. We have very few friends out there. It’s a very good idea to think about how this could save your hide some day. When you find yourself in a situation that could come back to haunt you, it’s a very good idea to call or text someone who knows you and let them know what’s going on.
For example, if I were to be asked these days to give a ride to any female or child not in my family, I would naturally contact my wife. I would make note of traffic conditions and forced detours, etc. on the way, and add that to my notations. I would make sure my dashcam was recording, and say certain things out loud. I don’t trust most women any more than I would someone I had in police custody.
False accusations will become a major source of trouble in the future, and you can bet our Enemy will use it against us. Over the years, I’ve helped video tape a few encounters of other types, on behalf of friends, for the sake of evidence. Now that the equipment is so ubiquitous, it’s silly not to think about that sort of thing when dealing with people who haven’t secured your trust.
Feel free to share your own ways of handling social risks.
My policy is, never be alone with a female who is not close kin.
That’s the policy, of course. Getting the world to go along with it is another thing.
Just common sense in action, really. It’s sad that we’ve reached the point in society where ABR (“Always Be Recording”) has become another situational awareness requirement.
The high trust society has broken down, and folks are more predatory than ever.