Define rape, because according to U. S. law a man having sex with a women who has consumed any alcohol is a rapist (completely ignoring consent or his levele of inebriation). I think that it could be rape but I also think that if the roles where reversed it would be rape which as far as I know, no governing body acknowledges. Further why would a man rape his wife? I would find it scetchy if a women would accuse her husband of rape. Further is it really exceptable for a woman to live in her husbands house, use her husbands money and expect him to protect her if their is even the remotest possiblity of danger, and still withhold sex (as far as I can tell this is the only way this could happen) to the point the husband who has provided her all of these things and with whome she has trusted enough to sign a legal and social contract with? It seems shady, but then it all depend on the situation I guess.
Why does he have to be the breadwinner? Maybe he's not doing so well with finding a job and she's the only one who's working. It doesn't matter why she's withholding sex, still doesn't give him the right to put his hands on her. You and your reasoning sounds shady.
The norm is that the man is the bread winner it has been for the duration of humanities existence and despite what people say is vast majority of the time true even now. My statement that she is withholding sex was to illustrate that obviously their is more to the situation then a man just one day up and descides to throw law, societal norms/taboos, and morality to the wind to rape a women that he would seem to care about since he married her and that she was just a perfectly innocent and unsuspecting victim. It seems rather shady. Women who cry rape are always believed in our society, men accused of rape are always viewed as guilty regardless of facts. It would seem more like someone exploiting this scenario to their advantage than a rape however that is not to suggest it is not possible which is why I stated that it is entirely dependent of the circumstances.
Her withholding sex does add more to the story but it doesn't make his actions any less excusable.
It's still rape, and should be treated as any rape case. A wife is a life partner to share life experiences with and spend the rest of a mans life with... a wife isn't a sex object.
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What's Your Opinion? Sign Up Now!having sex with anyone who fails to give consent or expresses their desire to not participate by saying no or using any other form of rejection to any sexual act is rape. There is no loop holes to what can be a lesser charge. Rape is rape and should be punishable by life in prison and not the silly 8 to 12 years or 6 to 12 years that currently is put in terms of justice.
I am deeply concerned about those who voted B.
Rape is rape.
Getting married is mostly about sharing your lives together; not about the woman becoming a sex toy on demand or him getting to decide what she does. People can say no whenever and to whoever they want and the other person just has to deal with it.
nobody has any right 2 rape somebody else 8)
Rape = sex without consent.
"I will always give you consent, and therefore you never need to ask for sex, because consent goes without saying" is not part of the wedding vows.
There is no such thing as marital rape. In most states a woman not only gives consent at marriage, but is legally obligated to give her husband sex. Lack of sex is grounds for divorce in most if not all states in the US.
I am not saying it is polite, but how do you accuse a man of raping a woman who has consented? You need to clearly distinguish this from "real" rape.
You obviously think it shouldn't be wrong in the eyes of the law so it shouldn't be illegal. But what about morally?
I think that I personally, would always respect the wishes of my partner.
By your first opinion, I wish any partner you have the best of luck. He/she will need it.
There is a story about a dude called John Babitt who forced his wife to have sex (Marital Rape), she cut off his dick. Then she threw in in a field, supposedly the dick was found a couple days later intact, and supposedly he had it reattached and he divorced his wife and allegedly made porn films, however this is an urban legend my dad had once heard.
Rape is non-consensual sex. So, if you consent to an agreement that permits sex on demand, then such sex is not rape. That's a terrible agreement, but, if you agree to it, you agree it. So, for example, back when England did not recognize marital rape, there was no such thing as marital rape. If you didn't want to be obliged to give your spouse sex, you didn't get married. Now, that the law has been changed and sex on demand is no longer part of the marriage agreement, marital rape does exist.
If you consent to an arrangement, how ever terrible that arrangement is, you are not a victim as a result of having those obligations enforced against you. The actual victims are the people who don't agree to that arrangement and who want different arrangements but aren't legally allowed to have them. Marriage is a terrible arrangement. And it needs to be deregulated, so that people can tailor their relationships the way they want.
I should also say that, while marriage did give husbands immunity from rape charges under English law (note that women, whether in marriage or not, could not and still cannot be charged with rape... So much for equality!), it did not give them immunity from all other sexual offences.
rape is rape. If you try to force someone to have sex with you it does not matter if they are your boyfriend/girlfriend, fiance/fiancee, husband/wife or something else because it is still rape and you should be punished
No one owes anyone sex, it's rape. Same as a woman shaming her husband into it. Rape goes both ways, I am a supporter of the enthusiastic consent standard. If they aren't really wanting sex then it's rape. And yes there should be stiff consequences for it.
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