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minus-squaresimsalabim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 month agoThey’re also the reason that marital rape is a crime.
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoI learned recently that Nebraska was one of the first US states to criminalize marital rape. Crazy how times have changed.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoIt wasn’t even criminalized in the US at all until the 70s!
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThat was because they were desperate for more women settlers, right? I recall that being why the first state to grant women suffrage did so. I think it was Wyoming.
They’re also the reason that marital rape is a crime.
I learned recently that Nebraska was one of the first US states to criminalize marital rape. Crazy how times have changed.
It wasn’t even criminalized in the US at all until the 70s!
That was because they were desperate for more women settlers, right? I recall that being why the first state to grant women suffrage did so. I think it was Wyoming.