If the marital rape exemption was to be removed, could this lead to an increase in married men having affairs or soliciting prostitutes? Won’t this result in increased social ills?
There is no evidence of this. Even if it were true that granting men license to non-consensually sexually penetrate their wives would prevent these phenomena, it is not possible to justify sexual violence in this way. Every person’s right to be free from violence is fundamental. It should not be compromised in the hope that allowing one person to be beaten will prevent another person from making bad decisions. Those who object to adultery by men should censure the behaviour of the adulterer, rather than allowing his wife to be subjected to violence.
