A husband is allowed to rape his wife in India. Marital rape is also legal in Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere. In 2016, Indian legislation proposed to specify that “marriage should not be considered as an irrevocable consent to sexual acts,” but the change to the nation’s sexual assault laws was rejected.
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I am interested in the history of taboo topics like bestiality as well as current attitudes and laws focused on taboo topics. It seems to me a lot of important detail about our human history is hidden by the label:”taboo topic” and social pressure. After all, our ancestors must have dealt with all the stuff we now labeled taboo.