Blog #3 - EQUALITY WITHIN STATES


As you all know I have been 
heavily speaking upon marital rape. I have found an article that relates to my topic that I would like to speak upon. The article speaks upon decriminalizing of marital rape as well why certain states take this law more serious than others. The topic question for this research was "Why do some states continue to allow marital exemption for rape, while others fully criminalize it?" (Howard, Warner, Renzull 2009: 506) To answer this question they used quantitative research analysis. Within this analysis they applied a helpful chart that establishes the years that states have abolition of marital rape exemption. The finding of the article is "states are more likely to criminalize spousal rape when women in the state have more economic power. Conversely, states are less likely to criminalize spousal rape when the legislature passed previous increment reforms or when a neighboring state already criminalized spousal rape." (Howard, Warner, Renzulli 2009: 507) The information that this article specifies on is very important because it analyzes where the rights of women that have been victimized stands within different states. A specific social issue like this should not have a vary of law within different states. This is an action that should be brought to the same amount of justice every time it occurs, it should not differ just because of who has more economic power.


Howard, Jennifer- McMahon, Warner, Clay-Jody, Renzulli Linda et al. “Criminalizing Spousal Rape: The Diffusion of Legal Reforms.” Criminalizing Spousal Rape: The Diffusion of Legal Reforms, Sage Publication Inc., Nov. 2009, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/sop.2009.52.4.505?Search=yes.














                               

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