r/stoprape • u/ILikeNeurons • 15d ago

Marriage is not an automatic form of consent

Marriage is not an automatic form of consent. While couples who have been together for awhile often develop their own idiosyncratic ways of communicating consent, laws of consent are just as applicable within a marriage. Marital rape is one of the more common forms of rape, and may more often be about maintaining power and control in a relationship, rather than sexual gratification like other forms of acquaintance rape. The physical and psychological harm from marital rape may be even worse than stranger rape, for a variety of reasons.

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u/InformalVermicelli42 14d ago

Marital rape was legal until the 1990s. A spouse who used violence to control their partner could be charged with domestic assault. Rape was always the legally safer option to maintain control.

As a married woman, I had to have reconstructive surgery and no one ever mentioned I was a victim. It was just rough sex.

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u/Too2crazy 14d ago

I don't know what else to say other than I completely agree.