West Virginia governor signs law removing marital assault exemption
West Virginia governor signs law removing marital assault exemption
Certain sexual assaults against a spouse will now be criminalized in West Virginia for the first time under a law signed by Republican Gov. Jim Justice.
Certain sexual assaults against a spouse will now be criminalized in West Virginia for the first time under a law signed Friday by Republican Gov. Jim Justice.
The law removes marriage as a defense to first- and third-degree sexual assault.
I'm sorry... why was marriage ever a defense to beat your spouse?
I'm guessing Jesus or something.
Its more just lack of respect for women, this is big in nations with low social development
Yeah, but lack of respect for a particular class of people is rooted in religion, which creates in-groups and out-groups beyond "this is the person in charge and the rest of you aren't in charge."
This is not about beating your wife. It's more about rape or forced sex. There are actually lots of places that marriage is still a defense to say you are allowed to force your spouse to have sex since you're married.
Good for WV for removing that. I think a lot of women will still not know they have options.
I don’t think Jesus would have been cool with you raping your wife. The religion and the people operating it on the other hand
And just like that, West Virginia rockets into the twentieth century
Good, but... only "certain" sexual assaults? Fucking what?
About time.
I'd say "fucking finally!"
I'd say, "now when do you start restitution?"
It's rare that I see a state like West Virginia get one right, but I'll give them all the credit they deserve when they do.
I had to read this three times to make sure I understood that west Virginia was not doing the regressive thing.