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To: JediJones

It is the logical inference. He takes the position that a woman forcibly raped won’t conceive because of the extreme stress. Therefore, if a woman conceives after an alleged rape it must not have been all that stressful for her - ie. she must have enjoyed it.

That is beyond a an awkward sentence. That is a monstrous insult to every woman ever put through this nightmare.


113 posted on 08/26/2012 12:25:14 PM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA
It is the logical inference. He takes the position that a woman forcibly raped won’t conceive because of the extreme stress. Therefore, if a woman conceives after an alleged rape it must not have been all that stressful for her - ie. she must have enjoyed it.

So you don't understand the difference between something that's "rare" and something that "won't" happen? Because it's a huge, monumental difference. Since he said it's "rare," there is absolutely no room to assume based on what he said that a woman who got pregnant from rape is lying. It's your own fault if you erroneously assume that when someone tells you about a rare event, you don't believe it actually happened just because it's rare. Rare events occur. That's why they're called "rare" as opposed to non-existent. Even some women's health-type centers point to pregnancy as occurring in 5% of rapes (not sure if they included consensual statutory rape in that or not). You can debate whether 5% is "rare" or not, but it is universally agreed that the vast majority of rapes don't result in pregnancy. So let's stop this shallow, wrong analysis based on a misunderstanding of the definition of words.

117 posted on 08/26/2012 12:44:32 PM PDT by JediJones (Too Hot for GOP TV: Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Allen West and Donald Trump)
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To: DManA

“It is the logical inference. He takes the position that a woman forcibly raped won’t conceive because of the extreme stress. Therefore, if a woman conceives after an alleged rape it must not have been all that stressful for her - ie. she must have enjoyed it.”

This IS the point!!! There is no other way to take any other inference from the two statements: Legitimate rape and the reproductive system will shutdown.

What he said is what he truly believed.

When taken together, it is an ignorant chauvinistic belief.


118 posted on 08/26/2012 12:46:19 PM PDT by WILLIALAL
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