THE MYTH OF PERPETUAL CONSENT: A VIOLATION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

Does saying “yes” once mean losing the right to say “no” forever? Let’s begin by answering a simple question How would you feel, if someone forces you to wear a dress that you hate for some reason or tell you to do something that you are not comfortable with just to protect a social institution and for the fear of facing judgements and criticism from the society? You would be devastated and incensed at the society, right? Now Imagine how a woman would feel if her own husband, a person who is supposed to make her feel safe, build a fort around her so strong that no one could even dare hurting her and the one who should respect her wishes and her dignity no matter what the situation is, forcefully has sexual intercourse with her despite saying 'NO' but this is not even the worst part. The unfathomable part is that the society and the law just dismiss her agony and tell her that she is exaggerating or that she has to accept a forceful sexual intercourse just because he has a valid societal license to have physical intimacy with her. When you can't even bear wearing a garment over your body that you don't like, how do you expect a woman to accept her husband, behaving like an animal, throwing himself all over her body putting her through agony and suffering when she has repeatedly denied. In this generation, environmental law is booming because we think that any living, breathing and growing entity deserve someone to fight for their rights. When we are fighting for trees and rivers, why can't we accept the fact that when a woman says NO it means NO, despite their relationship.