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I noticed a couple of interesting articles relating to rape the other day so I thought I might as well discuss those this time out, particularly since I previously made such a big deal about conservative politician Todd Akin’s attempt to distinguish what he characterized as legitimate rape from other presumably less than entirely legitimate forms of rape. (August 30, 2012).
The first article was about a little controversy author Richard Dawkins managed to get himself into by claiming that “date rape is bad” but “stranger rape at knifepoint is worse.” ... Sorry but only selected archived (previous year) posts are currently available full text on this website. All posts including this one are available in my annual anthology ebook series available at the Amazon Kindle Bookstore for a nominal fee. Hey, we all need to make a buck somehow, right? If you find my timeless jewels of wisdom amusing or perhaps even amusingly irritating throw me a bone now and then. Thank you my friends!
Showing posts with label Rape. Show all posts
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Monday, August 11, 2014
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Abortion II: The Todd Akin Phenomenon
Welcome friends!
I wasn’t really planning on doing another post on abortion so soon after my recent opening salvo on the subject (June 5, 2012), but I just can’t seem to get the recent statements by Todd Akin out of my head. If you recall, Mr. Akin is the Republican Representative and now candidate for the US Senate for the state of Missouri who was all over the papers a couple of weeks ago for making a statement to the effect that women who are raped rarely need abortions because according to Mr. Akin’s understanding “if it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
Much of the commentary in the press on this remarkable statement has focused on the distinction Mr. Akin was apparently attempting to make between “legitimate” rape and some other presumably less than entirely legitimate form of rape... Sorry but only selected archived (previous year) posts are currently available full text on this website. All posts including this one are available in my annual anthology ebook series available at the Amazon Kindle Bookstore for a nominal fee. Hey, we all need to make a buck somehow, right? If you find my timeless jewels of wisdom amusing or perhaps even amusingly irritating throw me a bone now and then. Thank you my friends!
I wasn’t really planning on doing another post on abortion so soon after my recent opening salvo on the subject (June 5, 2012), but I just can’t seem to get the recent statements by Todd Akin out of my head. If you recall, Mr. Akin is the Republican Representative and now candidate for the US Senate for the state of Missouri who was all over the papers a couple of weeks ago for making a statement to the effect that women who are raped rarely need abortions because according to Mr. Akin’s understanding “if it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
Much of the commentary in the press on this remarkable statement has focused on the distinction Mr. Akin was apparently attempting to make between “legitimate” rape and some other presumably less than entirely legitimate form of rape... Sorry but only selected archived (previous year) posts are currently available full text on this website. All posts including this one are available in my annual anthology ebook series available at the Amazon Kindle Bookstore for a nominal fee. Hey, we all need to make a buck somehow, right? If you find my timeless jewels of wisdom amusing or perhaps even amusingly irritating throw me a bone now and then. Thank you my friends!
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