Posts Tagged “rape”

Akin Gets A Spankin

By | August 21, 2012

On Sunday, Senate hopeful Todd Akin of Missouri said one of the most amazingly stupid series of sentences to ever tumble out of an adult man’s mouth: “First of all, from what I understand from doctors, [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut [...]

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It’s Time to Acknowledge that Jerry Sandusky is a Rapist

By | December 21, 2011

Every time I listen, watch, or read the news, it is inevitable that the story of Jerry Sandusky and his countless acts of preying upon children will come up. While I find it mollifying that his celebrity status as a sports coach is offering him little protection for these terrible crimes, I have an issue [...]

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This Just In: Old White Dudes Acknowledge Rape

By | December 6, 2011

After countless petition efforts, the FBI may finally acknowledge that rape isn’t just something that happens to upper-middle class, white virgins. The current definition of rape is: “The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will“ The upcoming vote would eliminate the word “forcibly” from the Uniform Crime Report. While this new definition [...]

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