It is rape
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Too often we hear of husbands who believe that there is no such thing as rape within a marriage. Is it possible for a married man to rape his wife? Yes.
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In The Bahamas, if a couple is legally separated, in the process of seeking legal separation, or divorced, the husband can be charged with marital rape if he sexually forces himself on his estranged wife. However, there is no protection for the thousands of wives or husbands who are not separated or estranged from their spouses and appear to be living in a "normal" relationship, but who in their homes, are being sexually coerced and traumatized.
It seems that when the topic of marital rape is brought up, it causes a passionate flow of religious juices to start, especially among misinformed Christian men. To support their notion that husbands cannot rape their wives, they quickly refer to Biblical passages such as 1 Corinthians 7:3-5:3: "The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4: The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. 5: Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control."
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Isn't it amazing that the greatest misunderstanding about marital rape is not among the secular-minded or non-Christians, but among those who call themselves God-fearing and born-again Bible-believing men? Note carefully that the confusion is not from secular or Christian women, because they know quite well, from experience or just from the fact of being women, that rape is not exclusive to non-married individuals. It is even more shocking to think that Christians would prevent legislation being passed that would protect the God-given rights of women (or men) to choose.
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