:grr:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/14/tn-state-senator-rape-just-isnt-what-it-used-to-be/TN state senator: rape just isn’t what it used to be.
Last week, after a debate on amending the Tennessee constitution to say that it doesn’t guarantee the right to abortion,
state Sen. Doug Henry (D) stood up and reflected on how rape has changed (
http://feministing.com/archives/008603.html ):
Rape, ladies and gentlemen, is not today what rape was. Rape, when I was learning these things, was the violation of a chaste woman, against her will, by some party not her spouse. Today it’s simply, “Let’s don’t go forward with this act.“ Watch it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llt2GPGFFaUFeministing writes, “Perhaps we should write Sen. Henry an email or two and let him know what has and hasn’t changed about sexual assault in this country?” ( sen.douglas.henry@legislature.state.tn.us )
UPDATE: Volunteer Voters has more, including a response from Senate Democratic Caucus Spokesman Mark Brown:
http://www.news2wkrn.com/vv/2008/02/08/senator-douglas-henry-lets-not-go-forward-with-this-act-not-rape/
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