Rape Me, Baby

When it comes to women, men are incredibly stupid. And uninformed. We don't understand them in general and we definitely don't understand their biology.
Most men think a zygote is a minor league baseball team.
republicans in office and running for office have a history of saying ignorant things about rape and the female body's response to it. I think they will say anything to justify their consistent track record of trying to strip women of the right to make decisions about their own bodies. But I do believe there is a lot more ignorance in those comments than there should be, coming from people we trust to run this country.
Men don't take rape seriously. "She was asking for it. Look at the way she was dressed. Look at the way she acts." How do you make the connection from the way a woman looks or acts to deciding that it is OK to rape her?
Men will tell you they would love to be raped. "Man, I wouldn't mind if she knocked me down, ripped my clothes off and burned off the first three layers of my skin."
Of course they are imagining Jennifer Aniston. I guarantee you they are not imagining a 300 pound woman wearing knee highs with Spam on her breath and gallons of sweat in her fatty creases.
Todd Akin is a moron. A moron who said that in cases of "legitimate rape" a woman's body springs into action to block the unwanted pregnancy. A moron who once co-sponsored a bill with PAUL RYAN. Bill H.R. 3 - "The no taxpayer funding for abortion act." This was the first bill that changed the term from rape to forcible rape.
Meet your new republican vice presidential candidate.
President Obama said it succinctly: "Rape is rape." That's it. That's all you need to know. You don't need to redefine it or condone it in specific circumstances. It is a horrific act, an invasion of someone's body, it is a violent act.
These men are dangerous. They don't believe a husband can rape his wife. They believe most women fabricate rape stories.
These are caveman points of view. They have no place in the 21st century.
The whole argument revolves around a woman's right to abortion. I understand the sensitivity here. But to try to make abortion illegal even in instances of rape and incest is immoral, inhuman, and insulting.
These men don't have the capacity to imagine being pregnant. Let alone being pregnant with a monster created through an act of violence by a sweaty, pig.
You cannot legislate morality. On the grounds that morality is an individual concern and on the grounds that the men making these decisions are not qualified to do so. Because they have agendas. Because they are vile.
Romney/Ryan said they disagree with Akins' comments. They did not condemn them. They did not say they are flat out wrong.
Akins has been condemned by all republicans. Not because they disagree with him but because he has shined a light on one of their core beliefs. They do not want people focusing on the fact that they do not consider women equals. They don't want people focusing on the fact that they treat rape lightly and that their opposition to abortion is largely based on questionable religious beliefs.
This is just one horrific example of how dangerous these men are and how important this election is.
Pay attention.
They are trying to take this country back to the fifties. A time when an illusion of domesticity and equilibrium existed. Until the sixties came along and reality reared it's ugly head.
republicans don't deal well with reality. They are more comfortable with lies. Like trickle down economics.
And the belief that the odds are greatly against a woman getting pregnant through rape because the traumatic experience of rape causes a woman to "secrete a certain secretion" that tends to kill sperm. That last comment is courtesy of republican state rep Stephen Freind, spoken in 1988.
You might argue that is ancient history.
I say it supports the opinion that this has been a republican point of view for a very long time.