How To Know If A Woman Has Had Too Much Sex To Be Raped, According To 18th Century Law

At least rape culture has gotten a little better.

-The lips of the pudendum are flaccid and distended more than that of a maiden.
-The clitoris is enlarged, and hath a prepuce which covers the glans arising from constant friction.
-The nymphaea [labia minora] are also enlarged, and are of a lighter and more obscure color.
-The orifice into the urinary passage is more open and exposed. This is owing to the flaccidity of the labia.
-The vagina is large and spacious.
-The wrinkles [of the vagina] are less prominent.

— Dr. Samuel Farr, in Elements of Medical Jurisprudence, detailing the physical evidence that would be present if a woman were lying about being raped (and a bunch of other f*cked up things about women). The book contains an entire chapter on detecting dishonesty in the reporting of rape — you see, “a woman always possesses sufficient power… to prevent the insertion of the penis into her body.” I would say “look how far we’ve come,” except I remember Todd Akin.

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