Regarding Tritchka’s letter and the "honest comment" from Todd Akin concerning "legitimate rape…"

Mr. Tritchka writes that information supporting Todd Akin’s statement is "readily evident in medical journals." I would like to know which medical journals he’s referring to. Might these "journals" have been published contemporaneously with "Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management?"

In any present-day courtroom, the defendant, accused of rape, says, "Your Honor, I stand here accused of rape by that woman sitting in the first row. However, as you can plainly see, she is pregnant, so it must have been consensual sex Advertisement

[ Pala Mesa Resort ] because medical journals state that in the case of ‘legitimate rape,’ she had ‘ways to shut that thing down.’ I ask that the case against me be dismissed."

The astounding level of ignorance, not to mention barely-concealed misogyny, in Mr. Akin’s remarks would appear to be applauded by Mr. Tritchka. The emergence of this thinking as a prized political commodity is depressing beyond belief. Welcome to the "Flat Earth Society," where dinosaurs wear saddles, and there are no "uppity" women.

If the people of Missouri re-elect Todd Akin, they get what they deserve.

Georgiana Silvestro