41. The PxC councillor in Salt, Girona, voted against criminalising homophobia in the city in 2013. 42. In this period, patriarchal societies criminalised rape to protect the property rights of men over women. 43. The aim of specifying the uterus is to avoid criminalising emergency contraception or treatment of ectopic pregnancy. 44. The Bill criminalised all sexual activity between men, as well as extending the legislation to include lesbians. 45. In response to " Nulyarimma v Thompson ", parliament moved to criminalise genocide by legislation. 46. Muggleton had never been tried in court for cursing even though The Blasphemy Act 1650 had criminalised it. 47. In December 2009, the neighbouring countries of Rwanda and Burundi also discussed legislation that would criminalise homosexuality. 48. For example, in 1965 Sweden was one of the first countries in the world to criminalise marital rape, 49. In a later piece of legislation, some of the activities carried out by prostitutes'clients were criminalised . 50. A decade later, the Burma Wireless Telegraphy Act was passed, criminalising possession of telegraphs without government permission.
