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They annulled the marriage of reparation that legalized the rape of women in Italy

43
years ago

05 August 1981,

In Italy the repair wedding was annulled. According to this old law, raping a woman and making her marry the rapist, the crime of rape went unpunished with the excuse of “recovering her honor”, according to social traditions. Sicilian Franca Viola was the first woman to refuse to marry her rapist, and the Italian feminist movement campaigned hard, shaking consciences and ending the law. He managed to imprison the rapist.

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