2010
DOI: 10.3138/cjwl.22.2.329
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Negotiating Sex: The Legal Construct of Consent in Cases of Wife Rape in Ontario, Canada

Abstract: A été abrogée, en 1983, la disposition du Code criminel canadien dite « d'exemption du viol marital » qui accordait une immunité juridique et sociale aux maris qui violaient leurs épouses. Le présent article explore dans quelle mesure les modifications dans la réaction juridique au viol marital, modifications censées se refléter dans la pratique, ont affecté les réalités vécues des avocates et avocats de la défense ainsi que des procureures et procureurs de la Couronne et, par extension, des femmes qui ont fai… Show more

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“…Fourth and finally, the measures used in the present study should be further developed and tested to increase the validity of the model and its variables. Relatedly, other measures should be tested in a similar model, such as beliefs about a partner’s duties in a relationship (e.g., “wifely duty”; Basile, 1999; Bennice & Resick, 2003; Lazar, 2010; Logan et al, 2015) or existing, validated scales related to gender roles or sexism, to further understand how social norm beliefs contribute to beliefs that excuse or justify partner rape.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Fourth and finally, the measures used in the present study should be further developed and tested to increase the validity of the model and its variables. Relatedly, other measures should be tested in a similar model, such as beliefs about a partner’s duties in a relationship (e.g., “wifely duty”; Basile, 1999; Bennice & Resick, 2003; Lazar, 2010; Logan et al, 2015) or existing, validated scales related to gender roles or sexism, to further understand how social norm beliefs contribute to beliefs that excuse or justify partner rape.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cultural myths about sexual behavior in a relationship feed beliefs that sex is a “private” matter and a “wifely duty” (Basile, 1999; Bennice & Resick, 2003; Logan et al, 2007; Russell, 1990). Such cultural myths have roots in old beliefs that a wife is a husband’s private property (Bennice & Resick, 2003; Green, 1988; Small & Tetreault, 1990), and that marriage implies continuous consent to sexual activity throughout the relationship (i.e., precedence of consent; Lazar, 2010; Logan et al, 2015). Consequently, these beliefs play a part in why both the general public and women in abusive relationships do not perceive intimate partner rape as “real” rape (Basile, 1999; Bennice & Resick, 2003; Logan et al, 2015; Raphael & Logan, 2009; Russell, 1990).…”
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“…Because of the presumption of irrevocable marital consent, the courts have used previous (or even potential) consensual sexual intercourse in other contexts, such as current or former intimate partners, cohabitees, or dates, as evidence of ongoing consent, hence making sexual violence accepted or less condemned and the victim less credible (e.g. Lazar, 2010).…”
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confidence: 99%