should a husband be convicted of rape?

Question

in 1992 the government brought in a new offence whereas a husband can be convicted of raping his wife, I TOTALLY AGREE with this but i got into an argument when i heard a group of so called intelligent people discussing this, i was more shocked to hear some of the women come out with things like if you are married you automatically consent to intercourse and the husband has every right to insist on sex, am i wrong to say that if a woman / man does not want sex the fact that there is a ring on their finger does not take the persons right to say NO away,

Answer 1

Of course a husband should be convicted of rape like any other man or women who forces them-self on someone. We prosecute domestic violence and that is what a married rape would be. Rape is not about sex, it is about power.

Answer 2

A husband has no right to demand sex just because the couple are married. I believe, (though I am not absolutely sure,) that a husband can be convicted of rape to his wife. I stand to be corrected?

Answer 3

Yes he should be convicted, but the whole thing says a lot about the marriage if a husband has to rape his wife in order to have sex with her. I literaly would notice if I did not have my mandetory twice a day love making. What would have happened for my husband to have to rape me?

Such a wife/husband is not fit to be in a marriage.

If my husband wants sex and I do not, (maybe one day in future when I get confused about my marital status) I would not mind if he took in a prostitute or a part time girl since I cannot provide the service any more.

Its silly. I love to make love to mu husband. its part of the functionality of the marriage.

Answer 4

Well it was actually a new precedent set by the Appeal Court I believe, not a piece of legislation introduced by the government. The man in question had broken into his estranged wife's home, raped her and tried to strangle her. However when I looked at the website of one of those Fathers rights groups, they said he'd been victimised because he was a man and in fact men SHOULD be entitled to rape their wives, and presumably strangle them as well! Nice, hey? You got the impression they felt that if a woman kills the husband who's been raping and beating her for years, that's murder and she should go to prison for life!

The law lords were right to conclude that the view that marriage gave a man total, unrestricted rights to sex whenever he wanted it, was unjust, and that a husband should be liable to prosecution for rape. And the answerer who thinks women should be prosecuted for being frigid needs to realise that not being up for it on demand does not mean a woman is frigid; that if she is frigid that is a condition that is not her fault and she may need treatment for it; and that the proper recourse for anyone whose spouse consistently rejects them for a lengthy period of time is to consult a lawyer about divorce.

Answer 5

You through me for a loop when you said "intelligent people" ..... then I read it again and noticed you said "so called intelligent people".

Don't let these fools upset you, they most likely were a bunch of women with low self esteem and probably has never been asked to get married. However the woman that said "if you are married you automatically consent to intercourse and the husband has every right to insist", ...........Well she's right! But it doesn't mean he'll get it. What she doesn't know is that women have been having headaches way before 1992 and they are still having them today. As a matter of fact my wife had a headache last night that came all of a sudden, right after I touched her thigh.

Answer 6

YOU ALL ARE incorrect Josef Fritzl became convicted of rape interior the late 1960's at present, he became already a father of four little ones. He fathered 7 little ones alongside with Elisabeth, now 40 two, whom he enticed into the cellar decrease than his homestead in Amstetten in 1984 and held captive for greater advantageous than 2 many years. He fathered yet another 7 little ones along with her (Elisabeth) He lived a good double life that government not at all suspected in spite of the rape conviction interior the 60's. Fritzl made daily visits to his cellar (the place he stored her daughter Elisabeth) on the pretext that he had paintings to do and can tell different family members, mutually along with his spouse Rosemarie, to not disturb him. He might circulate to the cellar daily at 9 interior the morning and he might usually even spend the night there. Allegedly, to entice blueprints for the machines he became merchandising. His spouse Rosi became not even allowed to deliver him a cup of coffee, so even his spouse didnt understand.

Answer 7

Nothing gives another person the right to violate your body. There is no law that says a husband can forcefully have sex with his wife. A husband having sex with you against your will should be considered rape. It doesn't matter if you are married or not.
Your body is your body and you should decide what is done with it. This includes sex, abortion or anything else.
No one should ever have the right to force sex on you.
Period!

Answer 8

Husbands should be convicted of rape and women should be convicted for frigidness...and for having a nagging tongue...and for always wanting their man to be perfect...and for spending the mans money...
I'm sorry what was the question?

Answer 9

at no point does wearing a ring on your finger take away your right to say no to anyone, if a partner respects you when you say no they will accept any way, so then another question, if they force themselves on you should you be with them, so in short yes a husband or wife should be able to be convicted of rape.

Answer 10

I totally agree with you, no man should have the right to insist on sex with his wife just because of a ring and a piece of paper. Marriage is a binding of love not an ownership on either part. These intelliagant people you say arnt what there cracked up to be, and cant have any respect for women.