Marriage Is The Most Neglect Form Of Abuse Against Women

Jessica Cenatus ANT 2301 Professor Cervone 15 April 2015 Marital Rape Marriage is rape is the most neglect form of abuse against women. It has been stated that marital is motivated by laws,the reportings, and gender inequality . History: Marital rape and the foundation of exemption has dated back to the 1700’s, where the first documented legal statement of marital rape occurred in 1736. Sir Matthew Hale, who at the time was the chief justice of England published a statement stating that a husband cannot be persecuted for raping his wife. But the husband cannot be guilty of a rape committed by himself upon his lawful wife, for by their mutual matrimonial consent and contract the wife hath given up herself in this kind unto the†¦show more content†¦Through the years Acts and laws have been passed to help women gain equality, protection, and rights but no immediate change affected the legality of marital rape. Until the 1970’s in the United States, memeber of acts and movements fought to criminalize marital rape. On July 5,1993, marital rape became a crime in all 50 states in at least one section of the sexual offense codes. Like the domino effect, the laws begin to gain national attention ac ross the world and countries begin to considered passing laws in their country. Although majority of the legal reforms have helped victims report and seek legal help, marital rape is still not handled as serious as other forms of rape. Societal acceptance of the traditional sex-role stereotypes has resulted in maintaining the view that marital rape is not considered a serious crime.Traditionally, a woman’s role in marriage is the caregiver, to stay at home, take care of the home and husband, cook, etc. The male held the dominant role in the house in the marriage, sohe is in charge of all decisions. if things were not done in a way the husband wanted physical and sexual punishment would take place. There are many factors that contribute to the cultural bias( that marital rape is less serious, and the victim is more to blame than in cases of stranger