Marital rape

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Option 1 for me!

As wrong as it is to rape a stranger, it is even more wrong to violate someone who has trusted you as a partner.

It is outrageous that, as of July 2003, N.C.'s laws banned consensual sodomy, cohabitation, and adultery, but the horrific practice of marital rape was (and still is) perfectly legal.

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The issue becomes even muddier when the two parties are in a relationship, such as marriage, that implies sexual availablility.  For the same reason, reported rapes in situations where the man and woman know each other well, or the woman voluntarily put herself in the man's private company in a situation where a reasonable person would conclude the sex is probable, are also problematic in terms of obtaining convictions.

Then why should marital rape be legal, but rape in cohabitation be illegal?

[nclib]

No/Yes.

I believe it would be extremely hard to prove this sort of case.  In fact I'm amazed one can legitimately convict in most rape cases.  Certainly within marriage is seems like one where it would be difficult for the State to determine what happened.  I prefer a very high standard of proof for prosecutions.. can't say I know that much about the law.

Wouldn't that be Yes/No?

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I'm just trying to point out the practical difficulties involved in suddenly starting a crusade against marital rape.  In concept of course rape is wrong, but the problem is how to define in a reasonable way, that protects men from false accusations, whether or not a rape actually takes place.

The difference I have with the feminists is that they're not too concerned if men have their lives ruined by false accusations.  I am.

I'm a male feminist, and yes I am concerned if men have their lives ruined by false accusations.

However, just like any other crime, the first priority is to protect the victim.

One could also be falsely accused of robbery, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't go on a crusade against robbery.

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One could also be falsely accused of robbery, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't go on a crusade against robbery.

Actually I would hope we would err on the side of presumption of innocence in both robbery and rape.

Of course one should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.

My point was about how the laws themselves should be written.

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nclib, of bigger importance to me is the bizarre anti-gambling laws that nc has.

we need to work to repeal those.

I would agree that those laws need to be changed.

However, it is much worse to be raped then not to be allowed to gamble.