A double whammy of misogyny: ‘Illegitimate Rape’

[kpete]

Paul Ryan and the Pro-Rapist Lobby - Here's the The Sanctity of Human Life personhood-type bill http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr212ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr212ih.pdf that zombie-eyed granny starver Ryan co-sponsored with notable rape expert Todd Akin. The Bill's goal was to empower Congress and/or the states to outlaw abortion in all cases, including cases of rape or incest.

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The Akin comment is obviously offensive, but I’m a bit surprised that what seems to be generating the most offense is the cartoonishly ignorant belief that a woman’s body can somehow differentiate between a rapist and a loving companion and choose to let itself get pregnant or not. It’s certainly bizarre and easy to report on, but personally the greater outrage should be at the casual, and seemingly commonly held belief that there are categories of rape. It belies a deep belief and misogyny on his part, and others, that most women who claim rape weren’t, but rather are just regretting their decisions and decide to ruin the heroic male rather than own up to their decisions.

This isn’t an uncommonly expressed viewpoint from the right on issues towards rape, as they seem to want to (as Ryan in his support of a House Bill) define rape as only a violent assault from a stranger, rather than any unwelcome sexual assault. That’s a much more dangerous viewpoint to have than a stupid and clearly easily dismissible (as evidenced by how fast everyone tried to distance themselves from it) remark about how biology works.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/08/illegitimate_rape.php?ref=fpblg

[niyad]

1. one of the things I noticed was the insane view of statuatory rape, saying it was not included

because so much of it was consensual (like the 12 year-old raped and impregnated by her father??)

the sheer woman-hatred of these people is no longer even trying to be hidden.

[HopeHoops]

2. I honestly don't know how anyone could put those two words together. Rape's pretty simply defined.

[JHB]

3. Not when you want life to be a morality play rather than real life...

There's only so many parts in the script, and if you don't pass all the checkmarks of the casting director you don't get cast as the sympathetic Tragic Flower role. He thinks you just have to accept your part in the chorus line of Harlots, paying the wages of their sins.


They want a nice, comfy, uncomplicated world view, and they'll attack anyone who doesn't fit in the pigeonholes they have in their heads.

[HopeHoops]

5. (Shh - we call that "ignorance")

[seabeyond]

4. shut off value point of funny. legitimate rape, forceful, honest, rape rape is the offense

the promotion that we are walking backward on what rape is....