Everything you could ever need to know about Todd Akin.

Be aware girls and boys, looks can be deceiving. This seemingly harmless-looking man has much more to him than meets the eye. For underneath his collected demeanour, starched shirt, novelty tie and politician gaze, lies a man who holds some of the most controversial and ill-informed views in the United States of America. What's worse, is that he's a politician and the state of Missouri seems to be completely behind him, despite the fact that everything he says is offensive bullshit. 

Whereas other Republican politicians tend to disguise their true intentions and beliefs underneath miles of party manifestos which are seemingly harmless, but Todd Akin is something else. He voices his controversial, no nonsense beliefs and uses them to win some votes from the Deep South of America, a part of the nation which is equally, if not more backwards, than he is.

What is even more mystifying is his idea of human biology, as he seems to believe the human body works in a manner completely different to that which can be demonstrated through science. Of course, being from the Deep South and also being a Republican, he must also appeal to the deeply religious population of Missouri. Many of these take the Bible's word for fact, and are very misinformed about basic principles of science due to the conflicting ideas of science and the holy scriptures. Of course, many of these people are pro-life and are really pretty mad about the fact that a law was ruled saying that abortion was now legal in their good country. They marched and lobbied and rallied against this law to protect the sanctity of life of a zygote, abortion should be illegal.

Of course, this is all very backward. Undoes years of hard work that feminists had put in beforehand to allow women the choice, and is pretty much scientific heresy. And what about rape? What happens to an unwanted rape baby?

Well, Todd Akin has the answers. He had this to say on the matter in a recent interview:

Well you know, people always want to try to make that as one of those things, well how do you, how do you slice this particularly tough sort of ethical question. First of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.

Let's take a few moments to dissect this. The first thing I can see from this is that he didn't clearly understand what the doctor he was talking to was saying about pregnancies resulting from rape. In fact, I don't think he was listening to the doctor at all, but off in Todd-land dreaming up as many ways as possible to hear something completely different to what the professional was actually saying. Or maybe, just MAYBE, he hadn't actually consulted a doctor but put his faith in the Bible and God and all that jazz. He totally missed the memo that informed everyone that when raped, there is DOUBLE the risk of it resulting in pregnancy, as opposed to the very rare occasion.

The next thing is ridiculous. First of all, no tactful man should ever use the term "legitimate rape" when trying to run an election campaign. Yeah, you might not look that dumb in America, but in the rest of the world that's a pretty outlandish statement! What quantifies rape as legitimate exactly? When you don't want it to happen at the beginning but then start enjoying it to make the most of a bad situation, or it's forceful marital rape? What stops these cases from being legitimate exactly? And also, where in human biology does it say that in the cases of legitimate rape, the body is capable of taking action to terminate the baby itself??? Mr Todd, were you even present in biology classes? Or maybe they were too busy teaching you creationism to properly explain how the female reproductive system works.

Thank the Lord Obama stepped in to let him know what the rest of the world was thinking; "rape is rape." No two ways about it. But it's just typical that it's taken so long, in fact, until a black man came into the White House, for America to start to catch up with the rest of the world in promoting equality (and laws that reflect so) and getting rid of its typical chauvinist white male voice of the past. Half of Akin's reforms are actually going to set America back where it was before, promoting segregation and ill education which makes me really quite worried. How stupid are these people in the Deep South? Or are they just too set in their ways?

Akin is now thankfully, a laughing stock of the world due to his slip of the tongue, or blunder of an interview. But it's just goes to show that there REALLY ARE some people out there who are that ignorant, and won't accept anything that goes against the literal meaning of the Bible. Even the Bible has a mass of contradictions, due to its lengthy creation spanning several peoples and several centuries. Thankfully most Americans aren't like this, but the Deep South seems to have let the country down due to their backwards viewpoints and unwillingness to move forward.