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minus-squaresimsalabim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoThey’re also the reason that marital rape is a crime.
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 days agoI learned recently that Nebraska was one of the first US states to criminalize marital rape. Crazy how times have changed.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days 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.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoIt wasn’t even criminalized in the US at all until the 70s!
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.
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.
It wasn’t even criminalized in the US at all until the 70s!