Is this RAPE or LOVE?

I guess we live in a time when cameras could be anywhere. Reminds me of some of those books I read in high school. I like how the story reports that his Privacy rights were violated. And then gives the man's name, age and where he lives.=) Some right to privacy. I wouldn't call it rape. but I wouldn't express my love in that manner either.

here in the philippines have law bout rape on couples even before!it is call marital rape, that when the woman says NO it should be no, if she doesnt say no nor yes but she struggles its still a rape here.

A very weird case, if there was one. Firstly, from what I could make out, the lady was in no position to say either yes or no. nowhere is it explicitly mentioned that she said NO…so of course this is not exactly in the periphery of marital rape. Then again, the nursing home staff are equally daft…either they should not have allowed him the privacy or they should not have interfered. Lastly the guy in question…no matter how much you love your wife, how can you do it in the nursing home!

Unless they can actually wake her up & get her to say it wasn't consensual I don't see how they could call it rape. A stupid thing to do but still...

I'm not sure. In my opinion, although it is his wife, she's in a freaking coma!!! Rape - maybe not, but something. Sorry.

What a ridiculous waste of time, money, and resources. This was love for his wife. This was invasion of privacy by the police. He has every right to express his love with his wife. I mean, it is not like the rape cases where the husband is being forceful, mean, and hurting his wife. It is not like where they are begging them to stop and fearing for their lives. This was just simply love between 2 people. I do not see how he did anything wrong. Yes, it may have been frowned upon by the nursing home staff, but it was not anything illegal and certainly nothing that he should be facing criminal charges on.

As much as part of me REALLY hates to say it (because the bottomline is she DID NOT consent and couldnt object) reality is he hasnt really done anything wrong...Something morbid and twisted? Yes..Illegal though? NO...AND I was at first thinking (before reading the whole article to the end) that the reasons the cameras were in there was because of all the elderly abuse that sadly goes on these days but as I read on I realized they put the cameras in there because of a "tip" about him....so the nursing home IMO IS in fact breakin the law and should have some sort of charges brought up against them.

I think maybe that nursing home had too much time on their hands. I think the husband was probably doing what he thought was right.

I don't know if it's rape or love but from a womans point of view, I don't think I'll need it when/if I'm ever in a coma. It's going to be a hard case. It's going to depend on the video tape maybe. I'm glad I won't have to be a juror and watch it. I don't know about cameras in the rooms either.

I could see him, maybe being charged if the sister had stated something to the effect that they had a bad marriage, they had problems or he had been abusive. But even she states that he was showing his love for his wife. He was there everyday, reading to her, doing her physical therapy, etc. It might not have been the best or smartest thing he did, but it wasn't as if he was doing it on a daily basis. They bring charges against him and yet, abuse goes on in nursing homes on a daily basis across this country and nothing is done about it. Go figure.

I think it is obvious that the reason why this whole issue happened is that because the wife felt she was abused, maltreated or somewhat disrespected. I think the wife won't waste any of her time, energy and credibility to sue her HUSBAND if not she really felt something was wrong. We as men sometimes should respect and understand our partners mood and privacy. As a husband we have the same responsibility as to make our partner happy, secure and feel respected. Marrying our wife doesn't automatically make them as our se# slaves, we can't force them to do something they don't feel like, wives still have the right to refuse and to keep her privacy if she choses to. It's so inhuman and insensitive if we men don't understand these matters. If there's a maltreatment, abuse and harassment, I think the husband deserves to be charged.