I had no per-conceived notion that Akin made this up out of thin air. He obviously learned it from somewhere but that didn’t matter because it was still incredibly stupid to even consider in the first place. What it showed was an incredible lack of judgement. Somehow it fit his world view and uses it as a crutch of justification. Any objective research would have exposed how wrong it was. The worst part was he had no idea why people were laughing at him. Is this what passes for a representative of conservatism?
I too was/am one of those who was meciless in my comments but it was also set to bring up a much bigger point. OPEN PRIMARIES.
Those are at the root of this ever being an issue in the first place. When is the Stupid Party in those states going to realize how wrong headed it is?
I'd like to see a study of violent non consent rape that backs up the 5% figure claimed. Not the "he says, she says" rape that most recent studies use. Since feminists has morphed "rape" into just about anything, recent "rape" victim studies are worthless.
Stupid to try to make a secular argument for a article of faith.