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In Iowa, for example, subsection (2) of article 709.4 Sexual abuse in third degree, excludes sexual acts committed by adults with children as young as 12, provided the parties are "cohabiting as husband and wife." [59] This does not refer only to legal marriages, but can apply to common law marriage as well.
The logic of the court was that, although the husband did have a 'right' to sex with his wife, he could not use violence to claim it, as Belgian laws did not allow people to obtain their rights by violence. [69] [70] In 1989 laws were amended, the definition of rape was broadened, and marital rape began to be treated the same as other forms of ...
The 2009 Law on Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) does not exclude spousal rape in its section on Sexual Assault. [law 1] However, Article 134 (2) of the Shia Personal Status Law states "It is the duty of the wife to defer to her husband's inclination for sexual enjoyment". [law 2] Albania: Explicitly criminalised [7]
Vice President Kamala Harris’ past condemnations of domestic abuse and sexual assault perpetrators are coming back to haunt her following a report of her now-husband “forcefully slapping” an ...
A marry-your-rapist law, marry-the-rapist law, or rape-marriage law is a rule of rape law in a jurisdiction under which a man who commits rape, sexual assault, statutory rape, abduction or other similar act is exonerated if he marries his female victim, or in some jurisdictions at least offers to marry her.
Marcellus is set to appear on season 13 of RHOBH, which premiered in September and features his wife Annemarie as a full-time cast member for the first time. The pair, who tied the knot in June ...
The ex-wife of NHL star Evander Kane has publically revealed herself as one of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs earliest sexual assault accusers on Friday. Anna Kane, who was married to the Edmonton Oilers ...
Refusing to submit to a husband's wishes is a common reason given for justification of violence in developing countries: [376] for instance 62.4% of women in Tajikistan justify wife beating if the wife goes out without telling the husband; 68% if she argues with him; 47.9% if she refuses to have sex with him.