THINGS I DO FOR LOVE: THE FILTHIEST NORM OF MARRIAGE

Abstract

Marital Rape is not a crime. It’s completely normal. Because it’s a man’s right to have sex with his wife. Because that’s what marriages are for. First let’s clear one thing that this paper is supporting those women who despite of having children are getting raped by their husbands. This brings in the question that when the couple do have kids then why the women would resist from sexual favors that compels the husband to forcefully have sex with his wife. Home Affairs minister Haribhai Chaudhary had said that marital rape can't be made a criminal offence in India because of high illiteracy rate, poverty, extreme religious beliefs and the very 'sanctity' of marriage. It should not be about our society’s view it should be about what’s wrong and what’s right. If the law finds it to be wrong then it is wrong. There was once a time when society thought that educating a girl child is of no good use and that time explaining this to our illiterate society that educating a girl is equally important as it is to educate a boy child was an impossible task. But the society changed according to the law. The law ordered that it is compulsory to educate the girl child and the society accepted it as a law irrespective of the fact of illiterate or literate. The women’s organizations believe that a legal provision will influence the husband’s behavior to some extent and restrain him from cruel sexual action. Priya Nanda group director of social and economic development at the ICRW (International Centre for Research on Women) had told a leading portal “the reason men do not want to criminalize marital rape is because they do not want to give the women power to say no”.