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Old 03-31-2009, 10:48 PM   #16
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The article doesn't give a direct quotation of the law(translated to English). Above is the most specific the article gets concerning the content of the law. It doesn't sound good for women but, I'm not sure it actually sanctions rape.

HUH? Give your head a shake.

Try running it past your wife.


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"The most controversial parts of the law deal explicitly with sexual relations. Article 132 requires women to obey their husband's sexual demands and stipulates that a man can expect to have sex with his wife at least "once every four nights" when travelling, unless they are ill.
Funny, I don't see the words CONSENT or CONSENTUAL in there.


rape1
–noun
1.the unlawful compelling of a woman through physical force or duress to have sexual intercourse.
2.any act of sexual intercourse that is forced upon a person.
3.statutory rape.
4.an act of plunder, violent seizure, or abuse; despoliation; violation: the rape of the countryside.
5.Archaic. the act of seizing and carrying off by force.
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