Marital Rape: Should marital rape be classified and punished as severely as non-marital rape?

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Should Marital Rape be a criminal act? Why , why not?

sawno · Accepted Answer

Remove Marital and you get my opinion, although we do have to take the context in account.

Some people these days have forgotten what rape really is, but its actually very simple. If the person has a good reason to assume you want sex and you do not express any disconsent in the moment it is not rape. No matter how much you regret it, no matter how much you didn't want to, if it can be assumed you wanted it and you did not let them know it will never be rape.

Following that logic Marital Rape can be very real, your partner has the right to assume you want sex in a marriage so they would not be a rapist for initiating without explicit in the moment consent. After all they have consent from the moment you agreed to be with them in a sexual marriage. It is then up to you to express clear disconsent in a verbal and/or physical form. If that disconsent was ignored you have been raped and the same rape rules should apply as if you where not in a marriage. But the important difference here is that in a marriage consent can be assumed so you would have to express disconsent when your partner initiates rather then having them to ask consent first unless you agree'd upon that beforehand.

Being_a_good_Indian · Accepted Answer

Victims of marital rape may suffer the most long-term effects psychologically and sometimes physically. Spousal rape can also be difficult to prosecute and this puts additional stress on victims.

The physical effects of spousal rape are the same effects suffered by any rape victim including:

Injuries to the vaginal and anal areas
Scrapes, cuts
Bruises and soreness
Torn muscles
Fatigue
Vomiting
Broken bones
Injuries caused by weapons
Miscarriages or stillbirths
Contraction of sexually-transmitted infections, including HIV

Emotional reactions to marital rape can be very dramatic and severe as the sense of #betrayal is profound after being raped by an #intimate #partner. Emotional reactions to spousal rape include:

Shock, anxiety and intense fear
Depression
Suicidal ideation
Acute and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Fundamental loss of #trust

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Marital/ Spousal Rape is crime. It #must be criminal act.

There is no need for debate. It is criminal act and the #perpetrator must be punished.

AthleticMom · Accepted Answer

Looking solely @ USA culture, this swings both ways
e. g. gold digger give plenty of great sex, hooks a rich marriage, then never puts out, driving him to do things mentioned in divorce decree bounty.
e. g. nice guy never pushes a gal into sex then once married treats her like sexual slave, no matter her feelings and perhaps even pregnancies to many & even dangerous.
Ergo, since marriage USA is all about LOVE, even if only a City (not church) wedding, THEN instant divorces should be on tap for those suffering from
rape
sexual abandonment
and other things not favorable to marriage culture

Now we can address returning one to their status quo, making them whole again
which may only be consequences of those things
such as preg, STDs, mental cruelty, etc.

zombiebabe · Accepted Answer

rape is rape and its a crime.. but when it comes to marital rape... some people won't report it cause they think its allowed since they're married; they might think rape is rough sex thus normal and also some couple might have have some kink or rape fantasy so they won't report it.

kaylaS91 · Accepted Answer

rape is rape.
Whether it occurs within a marriage, relationship, or at random doesn't change the fact that penetration without consent was carried out.

Marital rape should be punished just as severely as any other kind of rape.

jp612612 · Answer

Absolutely, but only because I went through a bad divorce and the asshole in me wants to see everyone get beaten over the head by the courts. Maybe I should go to bed...

ElisAllTheWay · Answer

Rape is rape. Marrying someone doesn't entitle you to their body or dignity as a person. You don't own them.

Dustmop · Answer

My partner has forced me on multiple occasions. He doesn't ever seem to have remorse even if I am crying, he seems like a completely different person when it happens. Just pure blankness in his eyes.

AzureGirl · Answer

Rape is rape. It's all bad, therefore it should all be treated and punished for equally.

normalice · Answer

No. Not because it shouldn't be, but because if it carries the same punishment and results in the same criminal record/sex offender registry/jail time/and so on, the simple fact is that women just plain won't report it. You can have your husband of 10 years thrown into prison, strip all his ambitions, make him lose his job and never find another one, sure.. but if you have any intention of staying with him, or at least collecting child support, after he is 'rehabilitated,' you're only hurting yourself because you'll basically be depending on a bum.

Women will weigh this against the assumption that it's not like he's stealing her innocence. When weighing a few minutes of physical pain every couple of days that some religions even go so far to say is a wife's duty - weighing that against spending the rest of her life in probable squalor - I suspect most women simply aren't going to report it unless it's really bad.

So, I guess it depends on if you want it to actually be enforced. No matter how justified you can think of any stiff punishment, remember that the victim has to live through the punishment too. That complicates things.

QueenofCups · Answer

Absolutely. Rape is rape.

Vmm90 · Answer

Just because you're married to someone doesn't mean you're entitled to sex whenever, marriage isn't permanent consent. If you force someone into it, it's rape.

TripleAce · Answer

Martial rape is legal... that doesn't even make sense... but anywhoo
I think the front line defence is for women to know their men... very very well before you marry them

I mean the chances of that man becoming some crazy rapist after being a gentleman for the last, lets say, 8 years of you guys living together is very rare...
BUT of Course if some prick asshole just finds a women like in most of these countries, then yea... you don't know shit about him... sure he can be a rapist.. and you just put yourself at risk

well... you know

Dargil · Answer

Nope, unless there is an eye witness to forcable rape. With the vicious Feminist hatred of men by so many enlightened Western women, there would be an epidemic of false accusations. Duke University.

CaviarLilly · Answer

No. Your spouse has rights to your body and you have rights to theirs. It's mean and cruel and disrespectful to force your spouse to have sex with you, but it isn't rape.

JessJJ · Answer

No, he's entitled to have sex.

Shimy · Answer

Of course. Marrying someone doesn't mean you should accept to have sex with them anytime they want.

omgjassy · Answer

Hell yeah

Nik1hil · Answer

Marital Rapes should be grounds for divorce

Gayview_Mahat · Answer

You have to be the biggest asshole in the world to rape your wife. Like its your wife... you know, the woman you're supposed to love, protect and care for.

phaggot · Answer

No, just don't marry animals and don't get the state involved

Ev1lMindedSoul · Answer

Yes, rape is rape. Simple as that

vjedi · Answer

I don't think there should be any debate here. Rape is rape no matter what term you place in front of it.

nina2992 · Answer

No means no. Respect that

Reach500 · Answer

Is this even a question? Marital or not, it is what it is.

Marital Rape: Should marital rape be classified and punished as severely as non-marital rape?

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