French Dude Forced to Pay Ex-Wife Damages for Not Having Enough Sex With Her

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Dodece said:
The ignorance, and chauvinism in this thread is astounding. Many western nations have such laws, or interpretations of such laws. It is actually a act of persistent spousal abuse, and the courts will treat it as such regardless of gender. Yes men have successfully sued their wives for this, received preferential treatment in divorce over this, and have even had marriages annulled outright. This story is hardly extraordinary, and neither is the outcome.

Not to sound too perverse, but marriage is nothing more then a contract that modifies ownership of property. When you get married it becomes a case of shared ownership. Your genitalia are no longer just yours. They also belong to your spouse, and seeing as it is their property too they have a right to use them. Seeing as the act of sexual intercourse is also important for good physical and mental health. It can be said that the access is actually necessary, and through constant deprivation you are causing your partner real harm. When you harm someone you can be held accountable for those actions.

In this case the judge made the correct ruling. The husband didn't seemingly deny his actions which obviously did cause his ex wife distress. He failed to live up to the contract. He should have been penalized. This is like the easy part of the contract really is twenty to thirty minutes a week going to kill you. How tired do you have to be to not have a good time. I think it is ridiculous in the case of both sexes.

Proof? Because other than places like Islamic countries (where having sex with your spouse is mandatory). Over there you can even divroce your husband if he doesn't get you pregnant, or you can divorce your wife if she doesn't produce a son.

In Western countries there is such a thing as marital rape, meanign that just because you're married to a person, doesn't mean they're obligated to have sex with you if they don't want to. There is no sex requirement to marriage. Of course this appearently only works for women. It seems that men are forced to have sex with their wives whether they want to or not. Not to mention that this poor guy had health problems. This woman deserved no compensation.