well that’s the proportion that thinks it’s wrong, not the proportion that thinks it should be criminalized. one reason is what you’ve pointed out in your first paragraph.
and even this statistic comes with a caveat. according to https://thebetterindia.com/134673/survey-nfhs-marital-rape-india/, it’s 42%, which places only 58% of men as against marital rape. that is a majority but it’s not what i’d call a “vast” majority at all. it seems plausible that at least 50% could be against criminalization if 42% don’t even think it’s morally wrong. (interestingly, 52% of women don’t think it’s morally wrong either.)
well that’s the proportion that thinks it’s wrong, not the proportion that thinks it should be criminalized. one reason is what you’ve pointed out in your first paragraph.
and even this statistic comes with a caveat. according to https://thebetterindia.com/134673/survey-nfhs-marital-rape-india/, it’s 42%, which places only 58% of men as against marital rape. that is a majority but it’s not what i’d call a “vast” majority at all. it seems plausible that at least 50% could be against criminalization if 42% don’t even think it’s morally wrong. (interestingly, 52% of women don’t think it’s morally wrong either.)