In South Korea, that is. The country’s constitutional court has scrapped a 56 year old law that criminalized, from the male’s point of view, sexual relations on the pretext of marriage, reports the Joong Ang Daily. Put another way, Article 304 of the Penal code meant that cads who tricked their way into women’s knickers convinced otherwise virginal ladies to have sexual intercourse with them by false heartedly agreeing to a future wedded union, faced two years in gaol or a five million KRW (about £2,600 or €2,900 or $4,300) fine.
The rather Orwellian sounding Gender Equality Ministry informed the court that such a law demeans women and acts against the ideals of sexual equality. Evidentially the court agreed, revoking it for infringing “men’s right to decide on sexual behaviour, privacy and freedom” and forcing a “sexual ideology based on patriarchy and morals” onto women.
Sheds some light on the saying “on a promise” at least . . . .
