The Soviet Union was the first country to criminalize marital rape in 1922.
Nebraska became the first state to abolish its marital rape exemption in 1976, followed by Oregon in 1977 and New Jersey in 1979. By 1985, only twenty U.S. states considered it a crime for a husband to rape his wife.
In the United Kingdom, a landmark court judgment in 1991 effectively criminalized marital rape, which was later explicitly outlawed in the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Nebraska became the first state to abolish its marital rape exemption in 1976, followed by Oregon in 1977 and New Jersey in 1979. By 1985, only twenty U.S. states considered it a crime for a husband to rape his wife.
In the United Kingdom, a landmark court judgment in 1991 effectively criminalized marital rape, which was later explicitly outlawed in the Sexual Offences Act 2003.