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.
Is adultery illegal in France? Is it still cause for a fault-based divorce? While I very much agree with the change they are making, I think refusal to have sex should rule out adultery as a cause for fault based divorce. Just seems wrong to say you can’t have sex with anyone other thatn this one person who won’t have sex with you, so you are at fault if you have sex… horrible wording, but I think y’all get what I am saying.