The position stated in the source, which is that the marriage contract involved a permanent agreement to have sexual relations, was US law until about thirty years ago. I remember the first case in US history of a conviction for marital rape, sometime in the 70’s, I think.
That is no longer socially or legally the case in the West, but it is certainly the case in the Muslim world.
“I remember the first case in US history of a conviction for marital rape, sometime in the 70’s, I think.”
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Yes, and the accused man’s last name was “Rideout” which has always struck me as somehow rather ironic. There was a movie made about it starring Mickey Rourke as John Rideout. The movie came out in 1980.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081402/