War On Women Continues As Abortion Becomes A Man's Issue

Abortion No Longer About Women
Republican U.S Senate candidate Todd Akin addresses supporters during a campaign event Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Kansas City, Mo. Akin is running against Democrat Claire McCaskill for Missouri's Senate seat. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Republican U.S Senate candidate Todd Akin addresses supporters during a campaign event Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Kansas City, Mo. Akin is running against Democrat Claire McCaskill for Missouri's Senate seat. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Is feminism simply about women’s physical presence in the workforce? That’s the conclusion you would draw from reading Ross Douthat’s recent column in the New York Times this weekend, which, as Jessica Valenti pointed out, uses the word “mansplaining” to describe Todd Akin and then goes on to demonstrate how it’s done.

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