I think Mary’s right and YOU’RE wrong.
When a person is under attack your entire hormonal balance is completely changed, starting with the adrenal glands that regulate fight or flight. It is not far fetched that the odds of getting pregnant diminish when you’re under duress. Akin said it was RARE, which I agree with.
Now, I’ve seen you fervently, frothingly, posting on all these threads about Akin needing to go. He probably does at this point since there is no funding left but I believe everything needs to take a deep breath and evaluate what he actually said. He said it very poorly but he’s not necessarily wrong.
If Akin stays in the race and the GOP denies him the usual funding and resources then it will be THEIR fault if the seat is lost. I’d like to know just what cause they’re fighting for that makes it worth losing the Senate over.
I think both you and her have a poor understanding of science in general.
Heightened adrenal response does not shut down the reproductive organs. In some cases sexual responses are identified such as a woman becoming aroused during a rape to protect against damage to the inner lining of the vagina, even orgasm is entirely possible during a forced rape.
One only has to look at history and the many armies that raped and pillaged and left behind a nation of bastard children.
The science is also clear on there not being some magic way of the woman protecting against pregnancy as Akins insisted.
““If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down”
Once again, why old male politicians shouldn’t comment on the female reproductive system, it rarely goes over well.
Half of the class of ‘64 at Berlin high disagrees with you about rape not causing pregnancy.