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Marital Rape in India- Why it needs to be criminalized. thread.
Whenever we hear about rape- or any kind of sexual assault we think about how henious this crime is and how the prepators should be punished. However, this ‘kind’ of rape (marital) isnt even a crime. Do we all realize how fucked up this is? According to Section 375 of the Indian+
Penal Code (IPC) considers the forced sex in marriages as a crime only when the wife is below age 15. Thus, marital rape is not a criminal offense under the IPC.
This is really problematic and is literally a message to the people about how consent doesn& #39;t matter after marriage, how a woman’s body is now not hers but her husband& #39;s property.The patchiray is damn real cause if you wanna rape a girl without being jailled just marry her right?
Because here marital rape isnt a thing? Of fucking crouse ppl veiw marrige as a licesnce for sex. Conset always matter. Rape is rape you cant justify it.
Because marital rape isnt seen as a crime mayne women who go through this dont even understand it is wrong.Heres an example- (source: the hindu ) “Very rarely do patients tell us about marital rape. In a few cases, we see injuries and probe them. They are not aware this is wrong+
”said Dr Rekha Davar, head of gynaecology at JJ Hospital. Not criminalizing this also promotes domestic abuse cause many women think it& #39;s completely fine to go through it. Even if women report their marital rape to police the documentations arent recored cause it is not a crime.
No is No even if shes your wife, men and the legal system need to understand and respect that.
