Assertion: marital rape | /r/MadeOf | illegal
Facets:
value: in 1991
type: TEMPORAL
value: in 1990
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the uk
type: LOCATION
value: in 1996
type: TEMPORAL
value: in 1993
type: TEMPORAL
value: under the law on domestic violence
type: OTHER
value: in north macedonia
type: LOCATION
value: in the netherlands
type: LOCATION
value: in greece
type: LOCATION
value: in east timor
type: LOCATION
value: in 2010
type: TEMPORAL
value: in 1992
type: TEMPORAL
value: in 2006
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In Greece, marital rape was made illegal in 2006.
text: Marital rape was made illegal in 1992, and since 2004 marital rape is prosecutable ex-officio (meaning it can be prosecuted even if the wife doesn't complain).
text: For example, in Ireland marital rape was made illegal in 1990, but by 2006 only one person had been convicted of it.
text: Marital rape was made illegal in East Timor in 2010, under the Law on Domestic Violence, Law No. 7/2010 which states that "Sexual violence is understood as any conduct that induces the person to witness, to maintain or participate in unwanted sexual relations, even within a marriage, through intimidation, threats, coercion or use of force, or which limits or nullifies the exercise of sexual and reproductive rights".
text: Marital rape was made illegal in 1991; before that date, rape was defined as a man forcing, by violence or threat of thereof, a woman to engage in sexual intercourse outside of marriage.
text: Marital rape was made illegal in the Netherlands in 1991.
text: Marital rape was made illegal in North Macedonia in 1996.
text: For instance, in Ireland, where marital rape was made illegal in 1990, by 2016 there had been only two persons convicted of marital rape.
text: A 2010 study in South Africa (where marital rape was made illegal in 1993) showed that only 55% of respondents agreed with the affirmation "I think it is possible for a woman to be raped by her husband".
text: In the UK, marital rape was made illegal as recently as 1992.