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France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called "conjugal rights" – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex.

A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause to the country's civil code to make clear that "community of living" does not create an "obligation for sexual relations".

The proposed law also makes it impossible to use lack of sexual relations as an argument in fault-based divorce.

Though unlikely to have a major impact in the courts, supporters hope the law will help deter marital rape.

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[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 days ago (8 children)

impossible to use lack of sexual relations as an argument in fault-based divorce

Is it an acceptable argument in other kinds of divorce? Ive never had to look into it so I don't know nearly any of the rules, also not French, but that seems like a pretty good excuse to me?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 27 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Yeah I don’t get this part. Preventing marital rape is a good thing.

But then why force people to stay married if they are unhappy with the sexual situation? Seems like this would have the opposite of the desired effect.

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

I'm unfamiliar with french law. But I doubt you need a reason to divorce. If 2 ppl no longer have sex and they want to divorce over it, they probably can.

This is more probably about "we are divorcing because you refused to fuck me, so now you owe me something"

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