Should adultery be criminalized as a sexual offense? - Sexual Assault + Theft = 100% Legal?

[Nagibatel]

I'm serious. I can't wrap my mind around how it's legal when it's one of the most traumatic things to go through.

How is it not considered some combination of sexual assault and theft? People tend to use "consenting adults" as an excuse for all kinds of degeneracy these days, but even then adultery has a lack of consent from the person being cheated on. I remember India decriminalized adultery a few years ago and everyone on Reddit and the media was acting like it was some awesome, progressive thing. It's not. I'm not even remotely religious other than some shaman woo shit, so don't bring Christianity or some other Abrahamic religion into this.

How should adultery be legally dealt with? I think it's honestly sex offender registry material.

 

[Medulseur]

No it shouldn't. Regardless of how scummy it is to cheat on someone, no one should have a right to any persons body but their own.

Edit: Im a retard and thought adultery was also used for sex between unmarried people, please disregard.

 

[Unyielding Stupidity]

It shouldn't be a crime, as it shouldn't be a crime to have sex with someone else - the only countries that criminalize this shit are rabid Islamist countries, and I don't think listening to laws created by a long-dead pedophile is a good way to run a modern country.

However, making it so that you can't claim half of your partner's shit after divorcing them, if it can be proven that you were cheating on them? I'd be perfectly fine with that.

 

[break these cuffs]

It's a criminal offense in the US military. It falls under UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice) Article 134 which covers a wide range of actions unbecoming of a service member.

 

[Just A Butt]

Several states already have laws on the books that make it illegal, and people are actively trying to get rid of them.

ETA: also I fucked OP's wife.

 

[Dyn]

Imagine being such a cuck that you want the government to stop your spouse from cheating on you.

 

[Bastard_Call]

There's no theft or sexual assault involved in adultery. It's up to you to keep your bitch loyal.

 

[Crazedking]

OP is probably some fucking pajeet who is down with honor killings.

The marriage instutition in the west has been practically killed. Idk why anyone would marry as there is no financial benefit that you can get that isnt already covered by comon-law partner laws made equivalent. Social wise it no longer has the same stigmas (unmarried and remarried 3 or 4 times is seen as okay) and premarital sex is the norm. There used to be a time when adultery was indeed punished (sometimes very severely) in the west but thats long gone. People would be less inclined to commit adultery if marriage would actually mean something but it no longer does.

 

[Cyclonus]

It used to be illegal. I found that out in LA Noire.

 

[Syaoran Li]

OP is a faggot and a literal cuck.

 

[some Sketchy dude]

I can't understand how you think it is sexual assault and theft. Whose being sexually assaulted? What is being stolen? Your spouse having consensual sex with someone else is practically the antithesis of being sexually assaulted.

 

[PenguinSuitAlice]

It used to be illegal. I found that out in LA Noire.

It still is illegal in a number of states.

 

[DumbDude42]

yes it should. but not as sexual assault or theft, because it's neither of that. consider it more a sort of aggravated breach of contract.

when adultery is legal, marriage is entirely meaningless, and without meaningful marriage building a proper family and future becomes much harder, which in turn creates all sorts of social ills later down the line

 

[FunPosting101]

I'm serious. I can't wrap my mind around how it's legal when it's one of the most traumatic things to go through.

How is it not considered some combination of sexual assault and theft? People tend to use "consenting adults" as an excuse for all kinds of degeneracy these days, but even then adultery has a lack of consent from the person being cheated on. I remember India decriminalized adultery a few years ago and everyone on Reddit and the media was acting like it was some awesome, progressive thing. It's not. I'm not even remotely religious other than some shaman woo shit, so don't bring Christianity or some other Abrahamic religion into this.

How should adultery be legally dealt with? I think it's honestly sex offender registry material.

Do you have any idea at all how impractical this would be? How many jails you'd have to build, how many infringements on our constitutionally protected rights this would inevitably cause(speaking as an American here)and how dangerous it would be to expand police powers to the point that they're investigating even more "he said, she said" sorts of claims then they already do with date rape cases? This may have sounded good in your head and in theory, but it's a terrible idea in the real world.

 

[Lame Entropy]

No, the government needs to fuck off out of the relationship between 2 adults unless someone's been raped or something. Move to a middle eastern shit hole if you want the government punishing people based on low-level morality.

If you want to punish people for adultery where is the new line drawn, should the government start punishing best friends for screwing each other over? Should the government start punishing adult children who turn their backs on their parents over disagreements? Should they start punishing siblings who stab each other in the back? Should they start jailing people for pre-marital sex? All of this arguably destabilizes traditional social stability and the family unit but why would you allow the government into your personal relationships to this extent.

You think cheaters need to be in some sort of registry? Okay then so do people who don't pay debt back, liars, people who don't keep promises, alcoholics, shit let's throw in forced registry for anyone with any sort of mental illness since we're tagging and tracking people that lead to social ills.

If you're crying over being cheated on the answer is to go to therapy or some shit, not become a bootlicking bitch because your feefees are hurt.

 

[Queen Elizabeth II]

I think it should be, but a civil offence rather than a criminal one. You Anglos have this distinction in your countries right? I might not be using the right words to distinguish the type of offence.

Marriage is a contract right? If you violate the terms of literally any other sort of binding contract there is a penalty to be paid; and forfeiture of assets sounds good.

I don't think it should entail a right to demand sex as some religious ones suggest it should, or that it be a sex crime as suggested above but it would make the distinction between married couple and merely boyfriend and girlfriend far more distinct.

I think it would offer some protection to spouses afraid of getting dumped for a younger model behind their back as well.

 

[Lame Entropy]

I think it should be, but a civil offence rather than a criminal one. You Anglos have this distinction in your countries right? I might not be using the right words to distinguish the type of offence.

Marriage is a contract right? If you violate the terms of literally any other sort of binding contract there is a penalty to be paid; and forfeiture of assets sounds good.

I don't think it should entail a right to demand sex as some religious ones suggest it should, or that it be a sex crime as suggested above but it would make the distinction between married couple and merely boyfriend and girlfriend far more distinct.

I think it would offer some protection to spouses afraid of getting dumped for a younger model behind their back as well.

There already is a penalty, it's called divorce.

 

[Queen Elizabeth II]

There already is a penalty, it's called divorce.

A fifty fifty split, children not withstanding, in many western states with no recompense for the trauma of being cheated on for the victim.

By all means, retain divorce for an amicable split, but as it stands this is the one contract you can contravene and yet have among the most massive emotional impacts possible.

The only real negative I could see would be people trying to set their spouses up to make it appear they cheated when they did not or lying that they cheated, which they do anyway already.

 

[FunPosting101]

A fifty fifty split, children not withstanding, in many western states with no recompense for the trauma of being cheated on for the victim.

By all means, retain divorce for an amicable split, but as it stands this is the one contract you can contravene and yet have among the most massive emotional impacts possible.

The only real negative I could see would be people trying to set their spouses up to make it appear they cheated when they did not or lying that they cheated, which they do anyway already.

You want to potentially put people in jail or fine them stupid amounts of money for hurting their partner's feelings. Do you not understand how terrible an idea that is? The last fucking thing we need is the state having even more reasons to imprison or impoverish people.

 

[Lichen Bark]

No, the government needs to fuck off out of the relationship between 2 adults unless someone's been raped or something

Totally agree, however, currently they will take lots of your money in divorce, and you will have a less chance of getting kids in said divorce if you're not the right sex. The government is very much in bed with your marriage. I don't think you're ever going to stop adultery, but it would be nice if after your marriage gets destroyed you don't end up paying huge sums of alimony, and perhaps a better chance of you getting time with the kids. To clarify if you are the one getting cheated on, and you initiate divorce as a "penalty" there is a good chance its going to hurt your wallet for a long long time. So you cut off your own arm, to poke her in the eye.