Legalizing Rape

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chapset said:

Jackson50 said:
It is spousal sexual abuse, and that is still abhorrent. Anyway, increasing and protecting women's rights had been one of the significant achievements of the new government and constitution. For example, a certain number of the seats in both the legislative bodies has to be occupied by women. It is most unfortunate that this statute has passed.

i think that it's crasy, rape should be rape no matter what the situation is

here's something from a post about the subject (his source is from wikipedia)

Many United States rape statutes used to preclude spousal prosecution, including estranged or even legally separated couple…. as of 1999, 33 of 50 U.S. states regard spousal rape as a lesser crime [Bergen, 1999]. The perpetrator may be charged with related crimes such as assault, battery, or spousal abuse. It is also known that even if a spouse has an illness causing an inability to sexually respond, the other spouse may engage him or her in conjugal relations without criminal liability. There are other criminal charges that may be inapplicable to married couples. For example, in the U.S., marriage precludes a charge of statutory rape even if one of the spouses is under the age of consent in the jurisdiction where the sexual act takes place.

I think the point people are trying to get across is that it doesn't actually legalize rape. If a man grabs a woman and pulls her into an alley and rapes her, that is still illegal under these laws. It's strictly having to do with spousal relationships, which is not nearly every case of rape out there, so rape is legal only in certain conditions.