|
|
|
| From Sex as Duty to Consensual Sex: Why Forced Sex in Marriage Should Be a Crime in China |
| WANG Xin-yu |
| School of Law at China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing 100088, China |
|
|
|
|
Abstract Since entering into the 21st century, marital rape has been a topic in academic discussions, and debates without results. The paper holds that marital rape is a crime, because according to modern marriage law, either the husband or the wife is an independent individual and they have respective legal sexual freedom on the basis of their free will. Sex in marriage should be consensual and based on the free will of the two parties, rather than the wife's unilateral obligation. Husbands forcing sex on their wives against their wills is a crime in accordance with relevant provisions of the criminal law of China. But, marital rape has its particularity, and reports by the marital parties should be enough for legal intervention as well as the basis for the parties involved to decide the continuity of their marriage. Marriage certificates should not shelter rape from criminal charges.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[1][美]路易斯·亨利·摩尔根著,杨东莼,马雍,马巨译.古代社会[M].北京:商务印书馆,2012.
[2]陈顾远. 中国婚姻史[M].北京:商务印书馆,1998.
[3][美]E·A. 霍贝尔著,周勇译.初民的法律[M].北京:中国社会科学出版社,1993.
[4][美]梅里·E. 威斯纳—汉克斯著,何开松译.历史中的性别[M].北京:东方出版社,2003.
[5]Daniel Steven Warren v. The State, Supreme Court of Georgia[Z]. 255 Ga. 151; 336 S.E.2d 221; 1985 Ga. LEXIS 975.
[6][英]罗素著,靳建国译.婚姻革命[M].北京:东方出版社,1988.
[7]陈兴良.婚内强奸犯罪化“能与不能”——一种法解释学的分析[J].法学, 2006,(2).
[8]王新宇.民国时期婚姻法近代化[M].北京:法制出版社,2006.
[9]柯直.性与离婚关系的研究[EB/OL].法律教育网. http://www.chinalawedu.com/news/21604/3500/40/2004/7/ma07155483418274002 -188325_127005.htm. 2014-01-06.
[10]朱苏力.从禁忌到理性——波斯纳《性与理性》译序[A].理查德·A.波斯纳著,苏力译.性与理性[M].北京:中国政法大学出版社,2002.
[11][德]费希特著,谢地坤,程志明译.自然法权基础[M].北京:商务印书馆,2003.
[12]Massaro. Experts, Psychology, Credibility, and Rape: The Rape Trauma Syndrome Issue and Its Implications for Expert Psychological Testimony[J]. Minnesota Law Research,1985,(69).
[13]陈邵珣.男子持刀戴面具回家抢劫强奸老婆被认定无罪[EB/OL].中新网. http://www.chinanews.com/fz/2014/01-22/5765459.shtml. 2014-01-22.
[14]钱向阳.婚内强奸的文化分析[J].刑事法评论,北京:北京大学出版社,2006,(19).
[15]李楯. 个体权利与整体利益关系———婚内强奸在中国的法律社会学分析[A].陈兴良主编.刑事法判解[C].北京:法律出版社,1999,(1).
[16]Naomi Mezey. Law as Culture[A]. Cultural Analysis, Cultural Studies and the Law[C]. ed. Austin Sarat & Onathan Simon. Durham: Duke University Press. 2003. |
|
|
|
2014, Vol. 0 
