Husbands Can't Rape

Even though I've met a few women who are a bit light in the head who've sheepishly asked if a husband could be guilty of rape, I am sick of folks like Phyllis Schafly screaming from the mountain tops that it is not a crime. Everyone is subject to the brainwashing effects of a patriarchal society so I see how even some smart women have seeds of doubt regarding something they know isn't right. But Phyllis Schafly's decrepit ass needs to give it a rest. Just because she was forced and didn't mind doesn't mean that others cannot consider it criminal.

Believe it.

Last night at Bates College, Phyllis Schlafly gave a lecture titled, "Conservatism vs. Feminism: The Great Debate" where at one point she contended that a woman can't get raped by her husband: "By getting married, the woman has consented to sex, and I don't think you can call it rape."

I'm not married but I've been to enough weddings and would recall if the vows included anything about forced sex. Since forced sex really isn't about sex at all but rather domination, aggression, anger and power, I doubt most women in a free society would choose marriage if that is what it entailed. This isn't the Middle East afterall. Then again, perhaps that is why marriage rates are dropping and divorce rates are rising.

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