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Title Of Assignment; Marriage
Marital Rape
For a long time, spousal rape was not considered a bad thing as it was assumed that the husband had a right to sleep with his wife since they were already married. Marital rape is a global occurrence but many choose to ignore it due to the conjugal rights afforded to the husband. The sphere of thought is that the man is superior in many ways to the woman in a relationship so the woman in the relationship hence the woman ears the runt of spousal rape in the marriage. There have been very minimal cases of the wife sexually assaulting the husband reported to date. There has een a concerted efforts by women rights groups to give women equal rights to men. This has worked to some extent but due to the varying cultural identities in this world, this initiative has been received differently over different cultures.
In cultures like the African culture, patriarchy remains unchallenged partially due to the existence of the African customary law. Customary law in Africa seems to enjoy a certain prevalence as a source of law. Whereas it is assumed that when people get married, they are free to engage in sexual intercourse any time they want, it is important to realize that the dignity of a person is supposed to be respected. When the husand demands for sex from his wife, he is having the priviledge of enjoying the sexual act in exclusion of his wife’s feelings. Most countries in the Americas and Europe now view spousal rape as a criminal act but in Africa, only two countries, South Africa and Zimbabwe, both in the southern part of Africa, have laws protecting wives from spousal rape. This is a sad statistic...
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