India government says criminalising marital rape 'excessively harsh' and I do not agree!

India government says criminalising marital rape

'excessively harsh'  and I do not agree!

The Supreme Court is hearing petitions seeking to amend a law that says a man cannot be prosecuted for rape within marriage.

Violence within marriage is rampant in India - according to a recent government survey, one in 25 women have faced sexual violence from

their husbands. Rape within a marriage is a crime in more than 100 countries

and all 50 U.S. states, where it was criminalized in the mid-1990s. But India

is among the nations — along with Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia — where it is

not illegal for a man to rape his wife.

Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which has been in

existence since 1860 and deals with rape, exempts men from charges of rape against their wives unless the woman in question is a minor. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government enacted an overhauled penal code in July that has retained that law on marital rape.

We always crack jokes, and stand-up comedy even addresses the topic of how many couples say they are not in love with one another or that their husband has had extramarital affairs, yet they undoubtedly have children (more than one)...!

According to reported crime data in India, every day 76 women are forced to marry against their will. In other words, every hour, more than 3 women become the victims of forced marriages in our country.  Less than 1 percentage of these forced marriages get reported in India.  Have we ever checked the pain here..! and the definition of rape is clear the physical intimacy without consent.  

The daughters participate equally in the family property, but we still have a long way to go before we can locate the daughter who has the courage to take it! In the same way, many laws protect females from being coerced into marriage, yet in Indian families, can any daughter speak up?

There are several instances where daughters are treated like property by their husbands, sold, or married to older men.

Even in situations when marriage provides protection, rape is an egregious crime. Both wealthy and impoverished men find that having violent sex relieves stress, and both types of men find great pleasure in it.

We rarely talk about it, and when we do, there's nowhere to gain justice or a voice.