| 单词 | spousal rape |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspousal rape spousal rape n. rape in which the perpetrator is the victim's spouse; an instance of this.Whether or not spousal rape is regarded as a legal offence has varied over time and between legal systems: see note at rape n.3 2. Cf. marital rape n. ΚΠ 1974 Health Services Legislation: Hearings before Labor & Public Welfare Comm. (U. S. Senate, 93rd Congr., 2nd Sess.) 449 As far as we are aware, no state law presently considers intra-spousal rape to be an act of violence.] 1975 M. E. Miller Rep. Ohio Task Force for Implementation Equal Rights Amendm. 41/1 The inherent difficulty in creating sanctions against spousal rape is the recognition of the right of privacy in sexual matters in an on-going marriage. 1978 Economist 30 Dec. 23/2 The flaw in Oregon's law is that..it defines a ‘spousal rape’ as one committed by the husband against the wife, and not vice versa. 1994 Law & Social Inq. 19 1051 Opposition to claims of date rape, spousal rape, and rape experienced by sex workers demonstrates the poverty of existing discourses for creating links among sex, violence, and power. 2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 Sept. vii. 9 Spousal rape used to be a contradiction in terms; now it's a crime. < as lemmas |
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