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It doesn't need to be a false accusation. It just needs the accuser has lack of objectivity and a high level of paranoia. Very common in 50% of the population.

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> Very common in 50% of the population.

Just to be clear here, you're asserting that lack of objectivity and paranoia are particularly common in women? If so, that's...really really sexist.

Will it still be sexist if I can demonstrate it?

Possibly, though I have to admit I'm morbidly curious about what you're referring to.

Possibly the poster is over extrapolating the finding that women self-report higher levels of neuroticism than males. It's not clear to me that 1) self reporting is a reliable measure, 2) higher neuroticism implies higher paranoia or lower objectivity or 3) higher neuroticism is necessarily a negative trait.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11519935

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