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The manosphere says women owe their husbands sex — Judaism says the opposite

JL;DR SUMMARY Mira Fox explores the contrasting views on marital sex between Western cultural narratives and Jewish tradition, particularly in the Talmud. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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TalmudJewish CultureMarriageStereotypesGender RolesConsentAndrew TateMarital SexWestern Stereotypes

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United States
"Marital rape wasn't outlawed in all 50 states until 1993."
United Kingdom
"British common law, in which, as 17th century English jurist Matthew Hale put it, a husband cannot be guilty of a rape because marriage means that the wife hath given up herself in this kind to her husband which she cannot retract."

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