Remember how Todd Akin thinks you can’t get pregnant if you’re “legitimately raped“? Best comment yet is this satire on TV pharmaceutical ads for “feminine products.” Presented with a megawatt Republican smile.
(Do read the small print at the end. This idiocy isn’t just Akin’s; the whole Republican party has gone totally Neanderthal.)
Worst comment yet: Polls show Akin currently trailing in the Missouri senatorial race by 1%. Yes, all of one percent. Way to go, Missouri.
Filed under: absurd, fundamentalism, sanity, women Tagged: | "legitimate rape", Paul Ryan, pregnancy, rape, Republican party, Todd Akin
Goodness; isn’t it sad that the discourse is still overwhelmingly dominated by rich white men from the global north? Shocking. I cringed – but the satire above is excellent! About darned time that this issue was resurrected in the public eye.
I must ask though – and this is just an observation from across the pond – do you think that this problem is endemic to the Republican demographic or was it merely articulated by a prominent Republican because he finds himself in the position, given his politics and background, where he is just that-far detached from reality and thus able to utter such tripe (no offence to vegetarians intended! Sorry, I couldn’t resist!)?
Though the Democratic Party seems to have become – rather bizarrely, at least by European, South American or other standards – the ‘liberal’ party and a major policy issue seems to be reproductive rights – could the above comments be representative of deeper-seated beliefs held in what is still a very patriarchal (perhaps misogynistic even) society -only that they’re not articulated?
Yes, yes, and yes. And what’s even more bizarre is that any woman other than their wives will vote for them…