Marital rape:
The unjust
treatment of marital rape as an exemption stems from three common law. Marriage
constitutes a contract, which includes the women’s irrevocable consent to sex;
a women is the property of her husband, and rape is a violation of mans
property rather than a crime against a women; after marriage, a women’s
identity becomes part of her husband’s. Section 375 of the Indian penal code defines
rape. This section has an exception that says sexual intercourse by a man with
his wife aged 15 years or above is not rape even if it is without her consent.
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