Marital Rape: Legal Recognition, Societal Stigma and Reform Needs
Marital rape that is non-consensual sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual violence committed by one spouse towards the other is a severe infringement of bodily autonomy and personal dignity. Historically, the immunity offered to husbands has its origins in the common law of England in the seventeenth century especially the doctrine propounded by Sir […] The post Marital Rape: Legal Recognition, Societal Stigma and Reform Needs appeared first on Law Times Journal .