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.

    • Sorgan71@lemmy.world
      40·
      8 months ago

      Its more just lack of respect for women, this is big in nations with low social development

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        25·
        8 months ago

        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.”

    • golden_calf@lemmy.world
      32·
      8 months ago

      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.

    • SuckMyWang@lemmy.world
      21·
      8 months ago

      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

      • Spitzspot@lemmings.world
        35·
        8 months ago

        1 Corinthians 4:7 The wife’s body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          29·
          8 months ago

          To be fair, those weren’t Jesus’ words, they were Paul’s. But as I said, Jesus hated divorce and women were not considered equal to men, so he might not have had much of a problem with it.