I believe all choices are intentional

They are, in a rational mind.
Problem is, rational minds are difficult to find, there's always some delusion or damage involved (think alcohol and drug abuse, OCD and abuse).
Munchhausen Syndrome is a form of delusion with physical manifestations that are often self-inflicted.

Consequently, a rape victim would have to self-inflict upon herself, the conditions of rape for it to be considered a Munchhausen Syndrome event.

is it possible we have embarked upon a new cultural trend of Female Munchaussen?

could women now be doing this to men they don't care much about with allegations of harassment and rape?

Does anyone believe its possible that there is 'fame by association' which motivates many women that may otherwise feel invisible or overlooked?

then there is the high susceptibility of people being 'convinced' by others that they were harassed/raped when they may not have seen it that way of their own accord at the time.

What is the happy medium?

I think an accusation of lying (not proven) doesn't come with the consequences that accusations of rape and harassment(not proven) do.

I believe all choices are intentional, even if all reasoning isn't.

Not really. Munchausen people tend to keep doing it over and over and over again. Not to mention causing themselves harm and then embellishing the symptoms.
Sometimes done consciously, sometimes just because it's part of a routine or pattern they've established through habituated behavior.


At best you have more of the military imposter/impersonation "trend" going on.

Some people lie about serving in the military, sometimes they show up to parades or veterans celebrations wearing a uniform and medals they bought at the surplus store or ebay, or go online to places like online dating site forums and say they've been in the military, making up service history, when they've never actually served in the military.

Some veterans embellish their service. Maybe they served behind a desk in Washington their entire career but tell people they served in Iraq and killed a bunch of people.

But that's very different than a diagnosis of "Munchausen."


What do you mean "now?"
You've never heard of the inquisition, or Salem witchtrials, or McCarthyism?
Hell, you've never had your mother take you on a guilt trip?


You mean like Kato Kaelin? Or Turtle on Entourage. Or Hillary after Bill became president?


There is also the phenomena in the 70's-90's when all these kids were coming forward with stories about how they were molested but it turned out a large percentage of them were untrue.

The kids were telling the therapists what they thought the therapist wanted to hear, the therapists were kinda pressuring the kids to confess to it happening, or the parents were wanting to hurt their (ex) spouse and the kids were picking up on it.
In many cases the kids built memories of themselves being molested by their parent/priest/teacher/friend, whomever. Completely false memories, but to them it actually happened. They could "see" it clearly, like it "happened yesterday."

The greatest compulsive liars put a kernel of truth in their lies and build memories around them so the lie becomes the truth in their head they can believe.


There isn't one.
You aren't really describing outcomes or goals so much as different processes by which people fulfill a desired outcome or goal.


Of course. For many reasons.
I mean everyone lies, to some degree. But most people see themselves as honest people.
Most people don't rape or harass.
People tend to be more strict against things that differ from themselves.
At best they may more severely condemn the things they do but don't want to be seen as doing, but that has more to do with virtue signaling and group hierarchy.

IOW of course there is a difference between intragroup rule enforcement and intergroup rule enforcement even though the means of enforcement is similar or uses the same process.


Huh?
That doesn't make much sense.
Might as well say "everything you do or don't do is conscious, deliberate choice, but thinking isn't intentional."

Personally, I'd be more inclined to say not all choices are intentional, but all reasoning is.

I mean you've never caught yourself tapping your foot or bouncing your leg in the waiting room at the doctors office not really knowing precisely how long you've been doing it? But you have come up with a reason for doing so without having chosen to think about why you've done it?

I used the term to compare to the current trend with the understanding that underneath it is a tendency to be fueled by the attention the 'afflicted' receives by their deceptions.

it is further complicated in my opinion by how subjective 'abuse' can be in terms of self observation.

like with discipline from parents for instance (spanking), whether it is 'abusive' is dependent largely on the recipients feelings on it and the effects of it on that recipient.

Acts of flirtation are very similar, imho, in terms of subjectivity in whether they are considered 'harassment' or 'abuse' or some other negative action.

Like I have said before, women can be diverse, some can find a cat call or a 'groping' a complimentary gesture or a gesture of attraction or validation of 'sexiness' and therefore either shrug it off or seek it out.

and other women find these same gestures 'abusive' or harassing or offensive.


And in plenty of cases, whether it is from a desired suiter or an undesired suiter, and whether that desired suiter follows through, also influences how it will be perceived at a later date.

But a guy is not to know which type of woman he is dealing with without 'testing the waters' so to speak.

And it seems like a whole lot of people who aren't offended in that moment(for whatever reason) are later somehow convinced through what a third party says that they SHOULD have taken offense.

To me, offense is very subjective and personal and therefore not someone anyone else should have to make you aware you are a victim of, because NOT everyone is offended by the same things.