Adultery is still regarded as a crime in
most of the countries. Therefore, if you have an affair, you not only betray
your spouse and hurt your family but also against the law, which means that you
will receive punishments.
Here are some laws from different
countries. In Article 239 of the Criminal Code in The Republic of China, people
who have married have sexual intercourse with third person shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not more
than 1 year,
and the third person has the same punishment as well. In others East Asian countries like North Korea, South
Korea and Japan, adultery has been a crime for many years. And in Philippines,
adultery is a crime for sure in the general penal laws, moreover, even a man
cohabits with a woman who is not his wife is also regarded as a crime in their Revised
Penal Code. According to the Indian law, a man will be sentenced for up to five
years if he has sex with a woman without her husband’s approval.
If you commit
adultery in Muslim countries, for example, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Somalia, you
will face the cruel penalty, stoning to death.
Although there
are some of the social organizations promote that this law should be abolished
like in Europe or some of the states in United State, an opinion poll conducted by Ministry of Justice still shows that there are 82% people oppose
this idea, also, there are 86% people think that it’s reasonable that the
cheated person need to be punished by the Criminal Code.
Even if the revised Civil Law will compensate the abandoned partners, 77% people
still left to stand for the opposition. We can
see that people considered this law as a protection for the abandoned partners and
also a preservation of family and marriage. At least, it’s a moral support and
a method to fight back and gain compensation.
The reason why the crime of adultery should
not be abolished is that it may cause promiscuity. The situation of having an
affair is common in Taiwan now even if this law exists. Can you imagine how
serious this problem will be if it was abolished? It’s just like if the fine
for exceeding the speed limit rescind, the car accidents caused by driving
above the speed limit will increase.
If adultery is accepted, why there are still
many countries have punishments for this behavior? Therefore, extramarital affair
is unacceptable and the law is a safeguard to protect the right of the abandoned partner.
Source:
1. Ministry
of justice (June, 2013) According to the results of opinion poll, most of the people
reserve their comments about abolishing the crime of adultery.
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2. Wikipedia
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回覆刪除In the first paragraph, we usually use "most countries" instead of " most of the countries." And also, in the next line, "against" is not a verb, so you should add "offend" before it.
回覆刪除In the second paragraph, "married" is an adjective, so you have to add "been" before it. And it is improper that "same" and "as well" coexist in one sentence. In the last line, you should use "colon" instead of comma before you show the cruel penalty: stoning to death.
It is good to show statistics, which makes your annotation more convincing. But as I know, there are countries that they don't criminalize adultery, so I think it is wrong to say that adultery is absolutely not accepted.