Aug
20
Context from 1785 into modern politics
What Senator Todd Akin might be talking about when he says “legitimate rape” (presuming he isn’t discussing ducks*)
http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2012/08/20/legitimate-rape-and-other-craptastic-beliefs-from-the-olden-days/
Here’s some 2nd Century Roman Sonorus that also discusses this, because you know you can’t trust information only slightly over 200 years old. Also Foucault’s Virginity, because you know
http://books.google.com/books?id=8B4AutVAp4sC&lpg=PA38&ots=w_5N8GDPu7&dq=Soranus+rape&pg=PA38#v=onepage&q=Soranus%20rape&f=false
*Duck vaginas interestingly enough DO have a rape defense system: http://io9.com/5433056/female-ducks-have-evolved-a-vagina-dentata
(Which makes one really wonder about Senator Akin’s hobbies)
