Politicians are the ones who define rape in the first place, since rape laws are written by politicians. The currently accepted definition of rape is actually rather new. Rep. Akin could consider "legitimate rape" as a the common law defintion. That was: Any forceful sexual penetration of a woman by a man, not her husband, without her consent.
Talk about idiocy.
It's rare, compared to women, but men can be raped as well.
Edit - @Keiran.
The bible treats women like properly. I think we, Freaky included, can be thankful that this particular biblical value isn't followed.
Anyway, wrote this out earlier but it didn't send. :/
I find it strange that religious people believe in abstinence, and say that it is the only 100% effective form of birth control. The fact that modern Christianity exists proves that abstinence isn't effective. Remember the virgin Mary? Was still a virgin, yet she somehow got pregnant? Yeah. Act of God? Perhaps, but it shows that abstinence isn't 100% effective.
The fact that this happens makes it even stranger that religious people are against contraceptives. We've already shown that abstinence isn't effective, and assuming that it is and this pregnancy was a act of God, then doesn't that mean that if a women is meant to have a child, she will have one no matter what she does or doesn't do?
Christians shouldn't spend their time hating on contraceptives, because if their God is really as powerful as they like to believe then I really, REALLY, doubt that some plastic or a pill would be able to stop a pregenancy, what they consider a "Act of God".
... Or, God could have... You know... decided to use Legitimate Rape to knock up Mary with Jesus.