Marital rape is nonconsensual sex in which the perpetrator is the victim's spouse. Marital rape was not criminalized by many countries until the mid-nineteenth century. In 1993 the U.N. designated marital rape as a human rights violation. Marital rape is illegal in Australia, Canada, Ireland, England, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil. Marital rape is not a criminal offence in China and India.
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How would you prove it? Rape is rape, but how would you prevent false accusations while still protecting the victims of domestic violence?
@9FN4ZPX2yrs2Y
Yes, Marital rape should be classified as non-marital rape, but consentual sex shouldn't be ststutory rape depending on the legal age of consent in the state.
@9D769HH2yrs2Y
Depends on the circumstances and evidence
@9252KSZ3yrs3Y
if you are under the age of legal consent for whatever state you live in you should not be able to get married and if someone tries to sexual assault you in anyway shape or form it should be classified as sever
@8LKR6Y25yrs5Y
Hard to decide, subtle variables could tilt either way.
@JemKat5yrs5Y
Yes, as well as being classified as domestic violence
@8D5FLHD5yrs5Y
Rape is Rape. They should be punished the same
@8CWZ3BX5yrs5Y
No, but only if there is undeniable proof of the assault and not because one person is just mad at the other
@8CW98CL5yrs5Y
Rape is still rape married or not and shouldn't be looked at any different.
@8C7RP3C5yrs5Y
it should all just be what it is. all having the same punishments and consequences.
@9BJXDQT2yrs2Y
It is worse and should be punished harsher. There is a commitment to love and honor the spouse and that commitment is broken in the case of rape.
@986BQTW3yrs3Y
No, because rape is rape regardless of age, and it should be punished accordingly.
@97G3JRQ3yrs3Y
Yes as long as it is undeniably proved
@8G6CRZ95yrs5Y
I don’t have enough information to make a stance.
@8FLW3875yrs5Y
Yes, but there would need to be some very specific wording in the law.
@8DSTF385yrs5Y
Hard to define and enforce marital rape accurately.
@8Y46ZQ54yrs4Y
non-marital rape marital rape domestic violence More serious than domestic violence, but not to level of non-marital rape.
@8XZRR9V4yrs4Y
Marital raps should be classified and punished as sexual assault and domestic violence.
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