Originally Posted by
Shinra1
Oh please don't start lol "the definition of rape". Why was Martial rape legal only a decade ago in US? And why are the laws so disparate from state to state?
Virginia
Husbands who rape their wives may be able to escape prosecution if they agree to undergo therapy—just as long as their wife agrees to it too. Virginia state law says: “All or part of any sentence … may be suspended upon the defendant’s completion of counseling or therapy … after consideration of the views of the complaining witness.”
Oklahoma
Victims of marital rape in Oklahoma can only bring charges against their husband or wife “if force or violence is used or threatened, accompanied by apparent power of execution to the victim or to another person.”
Ohio
Victims of marital rape by drugging or because they have a mental or physical conditions are treated the same as non-married couples in Ohio, but only if they don’t live together, in which case “force or the threat of force” must have been used. Such exceptions could soon be removed by a bill introduced in May.
Idaho
In Idaho, only men can rape, so wife-on-husband rape, rare as it may be, doesn’t exist.
There are more mind boggling variations in the law that virtually make marital rape legal only if " considerable force/penetration" occur.