Episode 64: The Reality of Marital Rape
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Pam Blizzard from RecoveredPeace.com
Lyschel Burket from HopeRedefined.org
Bonny Burns from StrongWives.com
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Welcome to another episode of Hope For Wives. We are continuing to tenderly discussing sexual abuse in marriage and today we are moving into the intense end of the spectrum and will be talking about marital rape. So, again, we invite you to check in with yourself. Are you in a grounded enough place to listen to this conversation? If you are not, please come back another time and listen. If you choose to stay, please take some grounding breaths and hold yourself in compassion and love, knowing Jesus is sitting with you right now.
In our last episode we talked about your right to give consent to sexual engagement in marriage. Marriage does not nullify your right to say yes or no to having sex with your husband.
It was only 31 years ago that marital rape became illegal in all 50 states. And today, in 2024, 9 states still have legal loopholes that allow rapist husbands to receive as little as probation as a punishment for this heinous crime. These states are Idaho, Nevada, California, Oklahoma, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, and Michigan https://www.newsweek.com/spousal-rape-loophole-map-1892924 . I’m talking about the US because that is where we are based. Worldwide, 150 countries have criminalized marital rape and 48 countries it is not criminalized and 6 it is unclear. So, women around the world are still fighting against archaic laws that harken back to when women were considered property. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marital_rape_laws_by_country
We Will be Discussing:
- When does sexual coercion cross the line into marital rape?
- What would you say to the woman listening who has experienced marital rape?
- How does Jesus see women, especially those who are abused?
- What hope can we leave our listeners?
Resources mentioned in this show:
Scripture references:
Luke 1:38
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