Akin Rape Theory Rooted in Nazi Death Camp Experiments

[kpete]

Akin rape theory rooted in Nazi death camp experiments

Mecklenburg cited a number of factors for his theory, including that not all rapes resulted in “completed act of intercourse” and that it was “improbable” that a rape would occur within “the 1-2 days of the month in which the woman would be fertile.”

But it was Mecklenburg’s presumption that a traumatized rape victim “will not ovulate even if she is ‘scheduled’ to” that appeared to be the basis of Akin’s recent remarks.

To support his conclusion, Mecklenburg cited studies that were allegedly done at extermination camps in Nazi Germany.

Nazis reportedly tested the theory “by selecting women who were about to ovulate and sending them to the gas chambers, only to bring them back after their realistic mock-killing, to see what the effect this had on their ovulatory patterns. An extremely high percentage of these women did not ovulate,” the article said.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/21/akin-rape-theory-rooted-in-nazi-death-camp-experiments/

[Ilsa]

1. Geez. Maybe a near-starvation diet also

has a bit to do with not ovulating.

I know a young woman with a body mass index below 15, and she isn't ovulating, either.

[midnight]

2. Very disturbing if this is what Akin is basing his theory on, and I thought illegal to use any Nazi

medical information...

[retread]

3. No. The Nazis were just "borrowing" to fit their actions. Sound familiar? It has roots in medieval

times. Lending more credence to the idea that modern day repugs are medieval.



"The idea that rape victims cannot get pregnant has long roots. The legal position that pregnancy disproved a claim of rape appears to have been instituted in the UK sometime in the 13th century. One of the earliest British legal texts, Fleta, has a clause in the first book of the second volume stating that:

"If, however, the woman should have conceived at the time alleged in the appeal, it abates, for without a woman's consent she could not conceive." "

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-h-word/2012/aug/20/legitimate-rape-medieval-medical-concept

[cali]

4. it doesn't get anymore offensive than this

secondarily, it doesn't get any stupider.