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In Pakistan there are men who believe that women are forbidden to learn.
So the knowing men in Pakistan shot 14 year old Malala Yousufzai in the head.
Twice.
(she is, fortunately, alive, barely)
In Missouri, GOP U.S. Senate nominee Todd Akin says women who are raped won't get pregnant unless they want to. "If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down.”
Republican presidential nominee Mr. Mitt Romney has not called for Mr. Akin to get out of the race, get out of the Senate (I suggest he move to Pakistan).
Folks, is Missouri Pakistan?
Mitt Romney has not exercised a bona fide effort to distance himself from Mr. Akin's misogyny .
Image from Google Images "legitmate rape" search
Houston, we have a problem ...
What seem to be little issues often define the larger picture.
Please voters, let's not go back to the cave age.
Links:
[1] http://www.google.com/imgres?q=what+has+Romney+said+about+todd+akin&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&sa=X&biw=1272&bih=664&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsuo&tbnid=P7ihtJPsmpaWdM:&imgrefurl=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80163.html&docid=FRjEEui6ZdNdYM&imgurl=http://images.politico.com/global/2012/08/120826_akin_romney_ap_605.jpg&w=605&h=328&ei=Qbl8UKK-HYWn0AH7rYHoBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=927&vpy=64&dur=140&hovh=165&hovw=305&tx=159&ty=103&sig=100844519598479015343&page=1&tbnh=134&tbnw=278&start=0&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:0,i:110
[2] http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57532797/malala-yousufzais-friends-vow-to-stay-in-school/
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogyny
[4] http://www.google.com/search?q=legitimate+rape&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=2LV8UNnSCc7h0wGdxIGQCA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1272&bih=664
[5] http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/houston-we-have-a-problem.html
[6] http://smtp.realneo.us/system/files/todd_and_mitt_images.jpg
[7] http://smtp.realneo.us/system/files/todd_it_isnt_rape_images_1.jpg
