Summary

An Indian court acquitted a man convicted of raping his wife, who later died, citing that marital rape is not a crime in India.

The ruling has sparked outrage, renewing calls to criminalize marital rape. Activists argue the decision is legally valid but morally unacceptable.

India’s outdated laws do not recognize non-consensual sex within marriage as rape.

Despite widespread domestic violence, resistance from the government and conservative groups has stalled reform efforts.

  • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    What does that have to do with altering their sexual drive (are you meaning just preventing pregnancy or using it as a shorthand for libido)?

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      10 days ago

      I was gonna say “castrate” but men get all riled over that.

      But if you prefer castrate over vasectomy go right ahead.

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        10 days ago

        I feel like they are very different terms and also I think most people are sympathetic to the idea of castrating rapists

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          10 days ago

          Ofc they are different terms. As I said men get upset when women say they should be castrated for raping women, which is why I said vasectomy instead. Some days I just don’t wanna battle over dumb shit like that.

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            9 days ago

            Actually you said “any man they choose” not “for raping people.” That’s quite a difference, unless you’re operating under the assumption that all men have raped people and so “any man you choose” and “rapists” are synonymous to you, but you wouldn’t mean that, right?

            That’s good to see you only mean rapists though, because I’ve been raped twice by two different women, and the law in my area requires penetration so by law they cannot be convicted of rape (at most “Sexual Assault” charges), so you support me mutilating their genitals extra judiciously so they don’t do it again too, because the government makes raping me legal, right? Why not?