Top European human rights court backs French woman who refused sex with her husband
She said that health issues and violent threats had been destroying her marriage for decades. However, French courts found the lady at responsible for not having sex with her husband when she filed for divorce.
Advocates claimed that the case brought attention to the need for legal reform regarding nonconsensual sex within marriage and sparked a discussion about attitudes toward consent and women's rights in France.
The 69-year-old French woman, who goes by her initials, H.W., won her appeal at Europe's highest human rights court on Thursday. The court unanimously agreed with her, ruling that unwillingness to have sex cannot be used as a reason for divorce.
According to the European Court of Human Rights' opinion, the very presence of such a marital obligation went against sexual freedom, ...