Rape Me

Watch Rescue Me or as I like to call it, "Rape Me", video here and clearly watch the show, and Dennis Leary himself, minimize and even glamorize what is clearly marital rape.
When tv airs such a no-biggie attitude towards rape, it demonstrates and perpetuates the tolerance of violence towards women.
I believe that the only reason Dennis Leary's character will "face consequences for his actions" is due to the uproar of the episode, not because any of the producers actually thought it was rape.