When did rape/incest become illegal/something very frowned upon.

by papersandfilters

I'm in the middle of Game of Thrones season 5 (PLEASE NO SPOILERS) and it seems that nearly every guy main character has raped someone and no one cares. Since these people in real life, in the times these are based, had family structures and women they had emotional connections with, why were they so quick, to destroy another womans whole life? When did it become and actual crime and something people would disown or kill you for?

mimicofmodes

There's certainly a lot more that can be said, but I have a few past answers that speak to why this question is sooooo complicated:

THE LAST DUEL claims charges of rape in 14th century France were a species of property crime made against the husband or father of the woman. What was the legal nature of sexual assault in the high middle ages?

The Outlander book and TV series presents a fairly high number of rapes or attempted rapes, one occurring in the very first episode - How prevalent was rape around the time of the Jacobite Rising? What were the repercussions for such an act and how did it affect the victims?

Was rape really non-existent in the Pre-Columbian Americas?