No one is saying that abuse does not occur, Hillbilly. Nice try, though.
Now how about YOU try this one - being arrested on false accusations (100 percent completely false - though some refuse to believe it even though the charges were dropped). Damage was done - the man in question lost everything and to this day, no one will employ him. He is down to his last few dollars. He has nightmares each and everynight. He suffers major depression. He lost his good name and, more importantly, his children - EVEN THOUGH HE PAID CHILD SUPPORT, the evil bitch who falsely accused him HID THEM FROM HIM - (up until now at least - he has one special needs son and one other son who just returned after HIMSELF being abused by the woman who falsely accused the man of whom I speak. WOMEN DO ABUSE CHILDREN!! AND ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, WOMEN DO LIE ABOUT ABUSE IN ORDER TO GET THEIR EX OUT OF THEIR LIVES. Don't want your ex to see the kids? Accuse him of raping them. That ought to do it!
(by the way, I am not saying the OP would ever do this.)
So, the question is.......
How do I know? I met this man of whom I write years after the horrible experience and I am very in love with him. But I would be lying if I said that it has been easy. You have no idea what being accused of horrible crimes does to the mind, emotions and other things of a decent man. A good and loving man - whose only crime was to marry a PSYCHO.
And you've no idea what is means to be the woman who loves such a man. Life is not, nor ever will be normal for me. I make some small sacrifices and yes, some big ones as well. I love him. He's innocent.
By the way, the lying bitch ex-wife is now HERSELF in jail and she IS guilty of the crimes - evil, evil woman.. I hope she rots there.
Finally, please don't accuse me of comparing child abuse to being in prison for the rest of one's life. That's the way many are able to give themselves permission not to think about the horror of being falsely accused of heinous crimes. People say, "Oh, there's no comparison."
Who's comparing? Each is a nightmare in its own. But don't expect me to back down when it comes to championing the cause of good men f-ed over by bad women and bad judges.