Wednesday, January 24, 2007

It's not rape; it's marriage!

"Should husbands be allowed to rape their wives? Yes, says the [Thai] Justice Ministry. And for the sake of gender equality, it will allow the wives to rape their husbands, too."

"This draft is the ministry's response to years of pressure from human rights groups to redress gender violence and inequality in Thai law. It ends up being farcical because of the ministry's mechanical approach to justice and its refusal to tackle the heart of the matter, which is the oppression of women."

Check out the article (and the Bangkok Post) here


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