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Legitimate Rape

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Irony-free oppression: All agree ethical decay is evident on the right, such as when protests in Iran are brutally quashed and a population is ruled by fear. But it is increasingly seen on the left too, argues the author.
ETHICAL DECAY

Wokeism and cancel culture leave ethics on the rocks

Nomically, the left advocates pluralism and promotes difference, but only within a network of fixed, essentialized identities, and so permissiveness becomes prohibition.

  • Slavoj Žižek
6 min read
Todd Akin sparked outrage by suggesting that “legitimate rape” rarely results in pregnancy due to a woman’s biological defences.
LEGITIMATE RAPE
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Akin rebuffs calls to quit Senate race amid ‘legitimate rape’ furore

United States congressman Todd Akin, under fire for controversial remarks on abortion and rape, insists he will not leave the Missouri Senate race.

  • Patricia Zengerle
5 min read
A Republican Senate hopeful has sparked outrage by suggesting that “legitimate rape” rarely results in pregnancy due to a woman’s biological defences.
GUARDIAN REPORTER
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Republican sparks outrage over ‘legitimate rape’ comments

A Republican Senate hopeful has sparked outrage by suggesting that "legitimate rape" rarely results in pregnancy due to a woman’s biological defences.

  • Guardian Reporter
2 min read