In
Article 333 of the Criminal Law in Philippines, adultery is defined as “Who are
guilty of adultery. — Adultery is committed by any married woman who shall have
sexual intercourse with a man not her husband．．．” The
subjects in the text only refer to women. This law shows inequality in gender.
Although men in Philippines are convict of a related act of concubinage, the
word “adultery” should not refer to specific sex. Everyone is likely to engage
in adultery. And also, “in some Islam countries where the
law prohibits adultery for men as well as women, men are permitted to take more
than one wife and also to enter into temporary marriages.” Here, we see the
laws have defects. They provide men with privileges to avoid being punished. A
man won’t be criminalized if he marries to his mistress in time before being
found he has committed adultery.
In
Pakistan, “the Hudood Ordinance requires a woman making an accusation of rape
to provide extremely strong evidence to avoid being charged with adultery
herself.” However, this unreasonable request does brutal violence on women
since “a conviction for rape is only possible with evidence from no fewer than
four witnesses.” Moreover, “honor killings” exist legally in Jordan. In Article
340 of the Penal Code of Jordan states that “he who discovers his wife or one
of his female relatives committing adultery and kills, wounds, or injures one
of them, is exempted from any penalty." That means men can kill or injure
women only for maintaining their dignity and reputations. Life is the basic human rights, but it works differently in Jordan: honor is the priority.
In Europe, there is no
country criminalizing adultery. And in United States, adultery is still a
criminal offense in 22 states out of 50. These developed countries value human
rights, which shows their respect for individuals. In
the meantime, they also display their vision. Laws are made to keep social
order instead of creating problems and arousing controversy. And, they clearly
have known that “decriminalizing adultery eliminates discrimination and
violence against women.”
References:
Frances Raday. ( 2012, November 2). Decriminalizing adultery: Eliminating discrimination and violence against women. Oxford Human Rights Hub
Retrieved from: http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/?p=475
Adultery. Wikipedia
Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adultery#Honor_killings
Criminal law (Philippines).
Retrieved from: http://criminallawphilippines.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/c1-adultery-concubinage-art-333-334/
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回覆刪除I think you can use some examples like news in reality to support your point. Besides, you jump to your conclusion too fast. If there are laws against adultery, how can you prove that abandon the law will protect women?
回覆刪除Here is the news showing that Colorado moves to decriminalize adultery. (http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/21/17048142-colorado-moves-to-decriminalize-adultery) And the laws I use for my annotation are all real in our world! Just because these laws impose discrimination and violence on women, if they are abolished, women are likely to be harmed less. I never say abolishing them can fully protect women. But if they are not abolished, women are meant to be injured.
刪除You wrote about the situation in foreign countries, but i would like to know your opinion to the adultery law in Taiwan.
回覆刪除All the examples you use to support your idea have one similarity, which is that they count against the women's right. However, if the law can be revised more perfect than before and have less discrimination, I think the law will be a protection for those abandoned partners, for both men and women. Therefore, i don't agree that it should be abolished, it just need to be revised.
In Taiwan, adultery is criminalized. But here is a piece of news showing that our minister of Ministry of Culture supports decriminalizing adultery.( http://www.ettoday.net/news /2 0130314/174967.htm)
回覆刪除And for your last question, they just haven't been revised!