I fucking hate this so much. For context, I'm an Indian, living in India. I can't believe people here value these archaic "customs" so much that they can go on record downplaying rape to protect the "institution of marriage".
Fuck all of em and fuck their customs. Worst part is that I found out about this because of western media. Maybe the local media did cover it, I should start reading more...
Worst part is that I found out about this because of western media. Maybe the local media did cover it, I should start reading more...
The best thing we can do is cover each other's back by holding each other responsible✊
By calling out (reporting) the attrocities in all nations (instances) it's easier to isolate bad actors and clean up our environment🌻
Now I fully agree that marital rape should definitely have the same repercussions as rape. However, the summary posted made me think initially that there was no protection for women against domestic violence in India at all.
After some googling, I found some more context
“It is submitted that the act colloquially referred to as ‘marital rape’ ought to be illegal and criminalised. The Central Government asserts that a woman’s consent is not obliterated by marriage, and its violation should result in penal consequences. However, the consequences of such violations within marriage differ from those outside it. Parliament has provided different remedies, including criminal law provisions, to protect consent within marriage. Sections 354, 354A, 354B, 498A IPC, and the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, ensure serious penal consequences for such violations,”
Tl;dr marital rape is illegal and can be prosecuted. But somehow the court thinks that the act of marriage changes the situation.
In Germany marital rape is punished in the same way as any other rape since 1997 (which to me always seemed horrifically late). But one of the guys who voted against it is his party's candidate for the post of Chancellor in the election next year.
Maybe we are not as far beyond these misogynistic worldviews as we like to believe.
Friendly reminder MLK was killed in 1968. One year before the moonlanding. I always thought open and legal racial segregation was a century or more ago. It hasn't even been 100 years since the holocaust and bloody nazis are popular again. Wtf.
moonlanding
That's two words, and your cohort is showing.
It was still punishable as coercion. Corporal punishment (i.e. what you'd do to coerce) of wives was outlawed in the early 1800s (and somehow only on the books since the late 1700s), it stuck around quite a bit longer for serfs, for underage apprentices and I think at schools it stuck around until 1956, your own children until 2000.
There's much more to it than misogyny it was a culture of coercion in general.
Yeessh
still one of the worst places to be especially if you identify as a woman it seems
One of my Indian friends said she felt invisible when visiting France. Apparently being stared at just for being a woman is common in India.
.. only for up to half the population.
Up to.
And apparently the half that matters. :-(
I would never set foot in India.
"excessively harsh" against who?
Relevant Indian Metal (there's subtitles).
Sick band
Thank you for that! Wicked
That was.. fucking awesome!
Who gives a fuck about the women eh
Beautiful country…
The best thing we can do is cover each other’s back by holding each other responsible✊
That's an excellent way to say that. We can be our sibling's keeper.
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