It is still rape, even when you're married (But the law in The Bahamas needs to change)

[Ian David]

It is rape

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Too often we hear of husbands who believe that there is no such thing as rape within a marriage. Is it possible for a married man to rape his wife? Yes.

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In The Bahamas, if a couple is legally separated, in the process of seeking legal separation, or divorced, the husband can be charged with marital rape if he sexually forces himself on his estranged wife. However, there is no protection for the thousands of wives or husbands who are not separated or estranged from their spouses and appear to be living in a "normal" relationship, but who in their homes, are being sexually coerced and traumatized.

It seems that when the topic of marital rape is brought up, it causes a passionate flow of religious juices to start, especially among misinformed Christian men. To support their notion that husbands cannot rape their wives, they quickly refer to Biblical passages such as 1 Corinthians 7:3-5:3: "The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4: The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. 5: Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control."

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Isn't it amazing that the greatest misunderstanding about marital rape is not among the secular-minded or non-Christians, but among those who call themselves God-fearing and born-again Bible-believing men? Note carefully that the confusion is not from secular or Christian women, because they know quite well, from experience or just from the fact of being women, that rape is not exclusive to non-married individuals. It is even more shocking to think that Christians would prevent legislation being passed that would protect the God-given rights of women (or men) to choose.

More:
http://www.thenassauguardian.com/social_community/300132621737223.php

[MNDemNY]

1. No means NO in or out of a marriage. Simple. Or it should be.

[sakabatou]

2. Rape is rape

Whether you're married or not.

[Ian David]

3. Unless you're a Republican gynecologist who accidentally anally rapes his sleeping wife

Dr. W. David Hager

Welcome back to the BuzzFlash.com GOP Hypocrite of the Week.

As we mentioned a few honorees ago, BuzzFlash just can't keep up with the revelations of Republican sexual perversity. It's kind of brazenly breathtaking to see so many phonies indulge in such public affirmations of Puritanism and such private acts of hedonism.

Take for instance the case of one Dr. W. David Hager, as recently revealed in an article in The Nation. A controversial Bush appointee to an FDA advisory board, Hager is known for "his ardent evangelical piety anchors his staunch opposition to emergency contraception, abortion and premarital sex." In fact, as The Nation reports, Hager was instrumental in getting the FDA not to allow over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception pills.

A fundamentalist Christian, Hager has painted himself as a victim of secular Americans who are conducting a war against the followers of Christ.

But The Nation alleged that the "devout" Hager had committed adultery when he was married and regularly sodomized his former wife against her will.

"He would say, 'Oh, I didn't mean to have anal sex with you; I can't feel the difference,'" Hager's former wife recalled incredulously to The Nation. "And I would say, 'Well then, you're in the wrong business.'"

You see, Dr. Hager is a gynecologist.

More:
http://www.gophypocrites.com/2005/05/hyp05022.html

[sakabatou]

5. Sickening

[PeaceNikki]

7. Yeah, that is a jawdropper of a story, for sure.

Good reading on it here:
http://www.leanleft.com/archives/2005/05/12/4205/
Dr. David Hager: Lunatic, Extremist, Rapist, Bush’s Favorite Gynecologist, and the Man Who Killed “Plan B”

That guy is the biggest pig ever.

[jojo54]

8. But....But....But.....

...he was just "practicing his love for his woman".....

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[Madspirit]

4. Most Asshole Behavior Comes From Religionists

...so not amazing at all, to me. It's par for the course.

k&r...

Lee

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. Believe me,

a husband can get drunk , beat his wife into submission and rape her with their children crying and begging him not to


or should I say an ex husband

I have no pity for men who think they own their wife