Bethel: Marital rape needs to be called rape (The Nassau Guardian)
Mar. 21, 2022 – The Nassau Guardian
Equality Bahamas founder and co-director Alicia Wallace featured in The Nassau Guardian on March 21, 2022.
From The Nassau Guardian:
Equality Bahamas Director Alicia Wallace said she supports Bethel’s view because “rape is rape”.
“It’s something that we continue to repeat,” Wallace said.
“It doesn’t matter what you put in front of rape. You can call it marital rape or whatever, but it’s still rape. Like you said, it’s a compromise and an unacceptable one. We also understand that laws help to create/maintain/shift culture and the way that people think about things.
“If we refuse to acknowledge that rape is rape and we leave section three as it is with that exception ‘whose not his spouse’ and create this new category, it’s like we’re validating these people.”
Wallace said there would be “serious fundamental issues” with changing the term.
“It doesn’t matter what you put in front of rape. You can call it marital rape or whatever, but it’s still rape. Like you said, it’s a compromise and an unacceptable one. We also understand that laws help to create/maintain/shift culture and the way that people think about things.