It’s time we finally dispelled the myth of legitimate rape

CONTEMPTUOUS remarks from a Republican Senate nominee, in which he stated it was biologically impossible for “legitimate” rape victims to get pregnant during their attack, is just the most extreme example of a pervasive blame culture that believes women are, deep down, begging to be sexually assaulted.

Giving credence to the suspicion that many archconservatives in the United States are devolving at an exponential rate, the views expressed by the odious Todd Akin are, literally, medieval.

“It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that [pregnancy is] really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,” he said, in an interview on Sunday.