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The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy
Hugh Pickens writes "James Hamblin, MD writes in the Atlantic that it's unclear how common the misconception that women rarely become pregnant after rape may be, but remarks by Missouri Senatorial nominee Todd Akin that 'if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try and shut that whole thing down' (video) may provide some benefit as a learning opportunity. 'From a holistic perspective, one might hypothesize that a woman's body could respond to the extreme stress and trauma of enduring rape in such a way that she would be physiologically more likely to miscarry (or not to conceive at all),' writes Hamblin. After all there is a multi-million dollar alternative reproductive health market aimed at optimizing an environment for conception so there could be something to a theory that the other, much darker end of that spectrum functions analogously. But that hypothesis doesn't hold, to any relevant degree. A widely-cited 1996 study from the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology sampled over 4,000 women and found that the rape-related pregnancy rate was 5.0 percent and studies from other countries have reported the percentage to be even greater."
The dumb bitch had it coming. Women use sex as a weapon all the time. ALL THE TIME. This is just their comeuppance. In caveman days this was a perfectly normal way for our male ancestors to deal with the bewildering illogic of most females. We are merely forcing our cultural views on the situation.
Had consensual sex with an ex girlfriend and she stayed in bed with me for about 5 hours. The next day I was accused of rape. Ruined my life.
Charges were dropped after a year and she apologized 6 years later.
Women lie about rape. Most rape accusations are lies from a slutty woman who regrets her decision after the fact.
When you get pregnant after rape, you either secretly liked it, or it was consentual.
The bastards the US calls politicians never seize to amaze me with their vile.
So if a raped woman wants an abortion, do they call it "buyers remorse"?
If it had been anyone else who made this remark, even Obama, no one would care! The media is on the attack and will use any lame stupid excuse to attack someone they don't like. I'm sick of hearing it, I don't care, it doesn't concern me, just shut up already!
-- By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
no, of course not. the MOTHER deserves to be punished for the crime she did not commit. right?
Well, I guess if you, like our President, consider giving birth a punishment. Of course that makes you wonder what he was punishing his wife for that he made her give birth twice. Or is it just that she is a masochist?
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. James Madison
Hardly. Statutory rape is often consensual sex.
Rape is a [b]legal[/b] term, as far as criminal prosecution goes. And the feminazi misandrist agenda has sought to expand it's definition far beyond unconsentual sexual intercourse.
"Legitimate rape" may be an unfortunately politically incorrect term, but as a moniker to distinguish between a violent, frightening, repugnant encounter, and one that was not [b]at the time[/b] (and this can include relations that, while not violent or forceful, could exclude consent and therefore be rape because of drug-altered capacity to consent), it serves the purpose.
The question of whether a woman's body can shut down reproductive functions in extremis is a legitimate area of scientific inquiry: pregnancy is taxing on resources, and if there is strong evidence both parents will not contribute toward raising the child, it serves questionable evolutionary value.
In Liberty, Rene
Cause it is... Almost all women getting abortions are sluts. The girls who are raped repeatedly by relatives until they get pregnant are probably driven to the clinic by their rapists...