- 11 May 2022 09:26
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A woman in Iowa claimed her husband repeatedly raped her on several different occasions.
This is what Gina Battani told a jury about what happened to her:
She was in the shower, rinsing shampoo from her hair when she felt his hands on her. She pleaded with him to leave, to stop touching her in places she didn't want to be touched.
"Shhh," she heard him say.
She tried to get out of the shower, but he blocked her way with one hand, continuing to touch her with the other. Again and again, she asked him to stop and let her out.
When he did, she grabbed a towel and started to leave. But he came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her, pinning her hands to her side so she couldn't move. He walked her to the bed they once shared and pushed her, face down, onto it.
She was in the shower, rinsing shampoo from her hair when she felt his hands on her. She pleaded with him to leave, to stop touching her in places she didn't want to be touched.
"Shhh," she heard him say.
She tried to get out of the shower, but he blocked her way with one hand, continuing to touch her with the other. Again and again, she asked him to stop and let her out.
When he did, she grabbed a towel and started to leave. But he came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her, pinning her hands to her side so she couldn't move. He walked her to the bed they once shared and pushed her, face down, onto it.
Iowa woman accused her husband of rape; almost no one believed her (desmoinesregister.com)
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story ... 524826002/
The jury decided that he was not guilty. It took them less than two hours to reach the decision.
The woman had this to say about the verdict: "Because he was my husband, no one seems too concerned about what was happening."
Some thoughts:
The woman DOES have an obligation to her husband. It might not be every night, but the woman should give him what he wants at least two times a week... or at least once a week.
This isn't some strange man. She DID choose to marry him. She did already choose to have sex with him. Is it really so terrible having sex with him again.
In a marriage there is an implied contract and implied sexual consent.
If she really doesn't like what he is doing to her, maybe she should seek a divorce. Or even at least a legal separation.
There are many who would question whether it is even actually possible for a man to "rape" his wife. That certainly can be a grey zone. I would say yes, it is possible for a husband to "rape" his wife, but it's definitely not anywhere near the same type of rape as what most people normally think of when the word rape is used. There are many different situations and many different degrees of rape. This was a very low degree of rape, towards the bottom, close to the border of not being rape.
How can a woman stay with a man, and keep claiming rape? One rape, yes, but you keep staying with that person, living with them, sleeping in the same bedroom with them, and then you want everyone else to believe that they keep raping you?
When you MARRIED someone, that tells the whole world that you are consenting to sex.
A husband should be "entitled" to one free "rape". Afterwards the woman better leave if she does not want to be the subject of his advances.
She can get a divorce and withdraw her consent at any time. This type of behavior would certainly be legal grounds for a divorce, which is a moot point because no fault divorce laws exist everywhere now.
If this happened in a very conservative area where women stay at home, and the women have few other options outside a marriage, I could understand how that might be a little bit of a different situation, but there are very few places like that now.
If the husband used severe physical force and physical force to compel his wife to have sex with him, or physically hurt her, that could be a different situation, but is not what happened in this story.
The jury was correct in voting not guilty. Even though there are a lot of Progressives and Feminists these days who would vehemently disagree with the jury's decision.
Marriage should be a way to protect the man from allegations of rape. He marries her in the presence of many witnesses so the whole world knows she is agreeing to sleep with him. She shouldn't be able to make the legal accusation against him that he raped her.
This is what Gina Battani told a jury about what happened to her:
She was in the shower, rinsing shampoo from her hair when she felt his hands on her. She pleaded with him to leave, to stop touching her in places she didn't want to be touched.
"Shhh," she heard him say.
She tried to get out of the shower, but he blocked her way with one hand, continuing to touch her with the other. Again and again, she asked him to stop and let her out.
When he did, she grabbed a towel and started to leave. But he came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her, pinning her hands to her side so she couldn't move. He walked her to the bed they once shared and pushed her, face down, onto it.
She was in the shower, rinsing shampoo from her hair when she felt his hands on her. She pleaded with him to leave, to stop touching her in places she didn't want to be touched.
"Shhh," she heard him say.
She tried to get out of the shower, but he blocked her way with one hand, continuing to touch her with the other. Again and again, she asked him to stop and let her out.
When he did, she grabbed a towel and started to leave. But he came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her, pinning her hands to her side so she couldn't move. He walked her to the bed they once shared and pushed her, face down, onto it.
Iowa woman accused her husband of rape; almost no one believed her (desmoinesregister.com)
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story ... 524826002/
The jury decided that he was not guilty. It took them less than two hours to reach the decision.
The woman had this to say about the verdict: "Because he was my husband, no one seems too concerned about what was happening."
Some thoughts:
The woman DOES have an obligation to her husband. It might not be every night, but the woman should give him what he wants at least two times a week... or at least once a week.
This isn't some strange man. She DID choose to marry him. She did already choose to have sex with him. Is it really so terrible having sex with him again.
In a marriage there is an implied contract and implied sexual consent.
If she really doesn't like what he is doing to her, maybe she should seek a divorce. Or even at least a legal separation.
There are many who would question whether it is even actually possible for a man to "rape" his wife. That certainly can be a grey zone. I would say yes, it is possible for a husband to "rape" his wife, but it's definitely not anywhere near the same type of rape as what most people normally think of when the word rape is used. There are many different situations and many different degrees of rape. This was a very low degree of rape, towards the bottom, close to the border of not being rape.
How can a woman stay with a man, and keep claiming rape? One rape, yes, but you keep staying with that person, living with them, sleeping in the same bedroom with them, and then you want everyone else to believe that they keep raping you?
When you MARRIED someone, that tells the whole world that you are consenting to sex.
A husband should be "entitled" to one free "rape". Afterwards the woman better leave if she does not want to be the subject of his advances.
She can get a divorce and withdraw her consent at any time. This type of behavior would certainly be legal grounds for a divorce, which is a moot point because no fault divorce laws exist everywhere now.
If this happened in a very conservative area where women stay at home, and the women have few other options outside a marriage, I could understand how that might be a little bit of a different situation, but there are very few places like that now.
If the husband used severe physical force and physical force to compel his wife to have sex with him, or physically hurt her, that could be a different situation, but is not what happened in this story.
The jury was correct in voting not guilty. Even though there are a lot of Progressives and Feminists these days who would vehemently disagree with the jury's decision.
Marriage should be a way to protect the man from allegations of rape. He marries her in the presence of many witnesses so the whole world knows she is agreeing to sleep with him. She shouldn't be able to make the legal accusation against him that he raped her.