What does marital rape mean?

Definitions for marital rape
mar·i·tal rape

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  1. marital rapenoun

    The rape of one's spouse.

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  1. Marital rape

    Marital rape or spousal rape is the act of sexual intercourse with one's spouse without the spouse's consent. The lack of consent is the essential element and need not involve physical violence. Marital rape is considered a form of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Although, historically, sexual intercourse within marriage was regarded as a right of spouses, engaging in the act without the spouse's consent is now widely classified as rape by many societies around the world, repudiated by international conventions, and increasingly criminalized. The issues of sexual and domestic violence within marriage and the family unit, and more specifically, the issue of violence against women, have come to growing international attention from the second half of the 20th century. Still, in many countries, marital rape either remains outside the criminal law, or is illegal but widely tolerated. Laws are rarely being enforced, due to factors ranging from reluctance of authorities to pursue the crime, to lack of public knowledge that sexual intercourse in marriage without consent is illegal. Marital rape is more widely experienced by women, though not exclusively. Marital rape is often a chronic form of violence for the victim which takes place within abusive relations. It exists in a complex web of state governments, cultural practices, and societal ideologies which combine to influence each distinct instance and situation in varying ways. The reluctance to define non-consensual sex between married couples as a crime and to prosecute has been attributed to traditional views of marriage, interpretations of religious doctrines, ideas about male and female sexuality, and to cultural expectations of subordination of a wife to her husband—views which continue to be common in many parts of the world. These views of marriage and sexuality started to be challenged in most Western countries from the 1960s and 70s especially by second-wave feminism, leading to an acknowledgment of the woman's right to self-determination of all matters relating to her body, and the withdrawal of the exemption or defense of marital rape. Most countries criminalized marital rape from the late 20th century onward—very few legal systems allowed for the prosecution of rape within marriage before the 1970s. Criminalization has occurred through various ways, including removal of statutory exemptions from the definitions of rape, judicial decisions, explicit legislative reference in statutory law preventing the use of marriage as a defense, or creation of a specific offense of marital rape. In many countries, it is still unclear whether marital rape is covered by the ordinary rape laws, but in some countries non-consensual sexual relations involving coercion may be prosecuted under general statutes prohibiting violence, such as assault and battery laws.

Anagrams for marital rape »

  1. parametrial

  2. præmarital

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of marital rape in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of marital rape in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of marital rape in a Sentence

  1. Elie Kayrouz:

    We should also criminalize the act of marital rape just like the law now criminalizes beating, harm or verbal threats.

  2. Raha Bahreini:

    We fear that there are other unreported cases every year. Women and girls in Iran face domestic violence on a widespread basis, and the Iranian authorities have consistently failed in their obligations to protect the lives and safety of women and girls, iranian authorities have yet to adopt specific legislation criminalizing gender-based violence against women and girls, including domestic violence, marital rape, and early and forced marriage, all of which remain widespread.

  3. Ratna Mahapatra:

    It is perceived that the husband has full right to be physical, in whichever way he feels like, and the wife has agreed to marry knowing fully well that she has to give in to the demands of her husband, however, it would be wrong to assume that there is marital rape in all marriages.


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  • Vergewaltigung in der EheGerman
  • वैवाहिक बलात्कारHindi
  • pemerkosaan dalam pernikahanIndonesian
  • ವೈವಾಹಿಕ ಅತ್ಯಾಚಾರKannada
  • திருமண கற்பழிப்புTamil
  • جنسی اجزاءUrdu
  • מעראַטאַל שענדונגYiddish

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