Thread:User talk:Armondikov/Why did he have to qualify it at all?/reply (3)

While i understand that is what is in his mind, i don't understand defending it. at all. He also stated, THREE TIMES in that one interview that "killing 9 lb babies is reprehensible, yet we allow abortion". He is either in his fucked up mind by accident, or carefully, blatantly conflating the issues. One time its: "rape is rare, only a few women are really raped, so it's not necessary to talk about", The other time it's: "near term babies are just like people, killing them is reprehensible - therefore, abortion is wrong". but in both cases, the issue is to make you associate one thing (most rapes are faked) with another (there for rape exceptions would be infrequent at best).

This bothers me so much, because it's part of a grown trend in how our politicians are talking about women, and issues that apply mostly or only to them.

In the real world, it is 100000 times better today for rape victims than it was in the 80s. I have seen the centers, talked with police women who specialize in rapes, etc. And that is amazing for victims. But in the political world, we jump backwards. We say women are asking for it. we say "it's rare", we dismiss it. I am angered every time one of these men talk without any knowledge of what they are saying. He has 2 daughters, and i think 3 grand daughters. It's not "unlikely" one of them has been raped, it's highly probably. But he doesn't get it.

2 weeks ago, New Hampshire tries to pass a law that prevents a cop from taking away an abusive spouse, if the cop was not a direct witness to the assault. Even if witnesses report yelling and screaming, and the cop arrives to find her face bashed in. Why do you even present such a bill?

Why are we so willing to dismiss women? seriously.