“[TW: rape] But it was not until 1993 that marital rape had become a crime in the sexual offense codes of all 50 states. By 1996, 17 states and the District of Columbia completely repealed their exemptions from rape prosecution granted to husbands. However, 30 states still allow husbands some exemption from rape prosecution. Remarkably, in many of these 30 states, when a wife is legally unable to consent—for example, when she is mentally or physically impaired, unconscious, or asleep—a husband is exempt from prosecution. The weakness of marital-rape laws—the fact that a majority of states still allow these spousal exemptions—indicates that rape within the context of marriage is perceived as a less egregious act and treated by the criminal justice system as a less serious crime than if committed by anyone else. Indeed, wives are still to a significant degree the property of their husbands.”
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Michelle L. Meloy and Susan L. Miller, The Victimization of Women: Law, Policies, and Politics (via wretchedoftheearth)
because for people who don’t know, the Model Penal Code said so.
Really. Fucking read that bullshit.
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Hear that, straight ladies? You still more or less belong to your husband.
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Does this work in reverse? Not that that would make this in any way okay, but I’m wondering if these laws provide similar “protection” for wives. How many layers of fuckery are there?