Following the debacles that were the previous couple of elections for Republicans with regard to women voters and issues, one would think they'd have learned by now, but apparently that's not the case.
Remember these lovely comments?
Todd Akin: "It seems to me, 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 of the rapist, and not attacking the child."
Richard Mourdock: "I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that's something God intended to happen."
Well, at a get-out-the-vote rally in Sarasota, Florida on Tuesday, conservative radio show host Dennis Prager felt the need to continue the trend by sharing his thoughts on the wave of sexual assault and rape reports on college campuses:
"It's a gargantuan lie to get votes. It's as big a lie as the culture of rape on your campuses. What nonsense. There is a culture of rape on campuses run by the feminist left."
He added:
"One in five women are sexually assaulted on campuses. Do you know what sexual assault means? Did you ever look at what counts? An unwanted kiss is considered sexual assault. I'm stunned it's only one in five. Four out of five women have not gotten an unwanted kiss? My wife gets unwanted kisses every so often."
To his credit, the head of the Sarasota Republican Party - Joe Gruters - responded to Prager's comments by making the following statement to the Herald-Tribune: "It should never have been part of a political discussion at the rally."
People like Akin, Mourdock, and Prager show just how out-of-touch the GOP is with women's issues. Most women's lacking-equality claims don't get taken seriously by the party and get pushed to the side like they're nothing.
Women: "We make only $0.78 to the $1.00 that men make for the same job!"
GOP: "That's a gargantuan lie!"
Women: "We use birth control for many other things besides pregnancy prevention, to, you know, actually improve our health."
GOP: "That's a gargantuan lie!"
Women: "Sexual assaults and rapes occur far more frequently than they get reported, often times on college campuses."
GOP: "That's a gargantuan lie!"
If the GOP ever wants the majority of women to take them seriously, they better start taking women seriously.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/29/dennis-prager-sexual-assault_n_6072092.html
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82795.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/us/politics/todd-akin-provokes-ire-with-legitimate-rape-comment.html?_r=0
Remember these lovely comments?
Todd Akin: "It seems to me, 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 of the rapist, and not attacking the child."
Richard Mourdock: "I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that's something God intended to happen."
Well, at a get-out-the-vote rally in Sarasota, Florida on Tuesday, conservative radio show host Dennis Prager felt the need to continue the trend by sharing his thoughts on the wave of sexual assault and rape reports on college campuses:
"It's a gargantuan lie to get votes. It's as big a lie as the culture of rape on your campuses. What nonsense. There is a culture of rape on campuses run by the feminist left."
He added:
"One in five women are sexually assaulted on campuses. Do you know what sexual assault means? Did you ever look at what counts? An unwanted kiss is considered sexual assault. I'm stunned it's only one in five. Four out of five women have not gotten an unwanted kiss? My wife gets unwanted kisses every so often."
To his credit, the head of the Sarasota Republican Party - Joe Gruters - responded to Prager's comments by making the following statement to the Herald-Tribune: "It should never have been part of a political discussion at the rally."
People like Akin, Mourdock, and Prager show just how out-of-touch the GOP is with women's issues. Most women's lacking-equality claims don't get taken seriously by the party and get pushed to the side like they're nothing.
Women: "We make only $0.78 to the $1.00 that men make for the same job!"
GOP: "That's a gargantuan lie!"
Women: "We use birth control for many other things besides pregnancy prevention, to, you know, actually improve our health."
GOP: "That's a gargantuan lie!"
Women: "Sexual assaults and rapes occur far more frequently than they get reported, often times on college campuses."
GOP: "That's a gargantuan lie!"
If the GOP ever wants the majority of women to take them seriously, they better start taking women seriously.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/29/dennis-prager-sexual-assault_n_6072092.html
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82795.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/us/politics/todd-akin-provokes-ire-with-legitimate-rape-comment.html?_r=0
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