Re: Islam and marital rape...
And in reference to my statement about your use of terminology, and what equates rape. The punishment for the crime reflects a societies view of the gravity of that crime. The lesser the punishment, the less the crime. That means that you do not view marital rape to be on equal grounds with any other sexual violation. How utterly horrid.
Finally someone who makes sense to me. I appreciate your replies. I rarely run into people who can talk sense and I find you are one of them. However if someone convinces me then I am not shy to admit it.
The way you described things makes me want to change my opinion and call it rape though I still cling on to the fact that it is an abuse that varies from spouse to spouse and may not be so severe with all of them.
Sometimes a spouse may just talk their way into engaging into it even though the other is not in the mood, I would not go around calling that rape. I think spouses are supposed to entice each other as well. If you realise where I am coming from maybe you will understand my point of view however in the case where you brutally engage in it, I don't recall that I have denied it as being condoneable. However you cannot classify every forced situation between spouses as rape. The amount and kind of force used is subjective.