"When She Says No, It's Rape... Even When She's Married to Him" (Sexual Assualt in Marriage)

"When She Says No, It's Rape... Even When She's Married to Him" (Sexual Assualt in Marriage)

|Shannon s johnson |
|victimology |
|summer 2008 |
|"When she says NO, it's rape... even when she's married to him" |
|Sexual assault in marriage |
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|6/5/2008 |

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Rape of a person’s spouse is called marital rape or spousal rape. Wife Rape is the term used to describe sexual acts committed without a person's consent and/or against a person's will by a woman's husband or ex husband. Sexual acts may be committed through physical force, threats of force against her or a third person, or implied harm based on prior assaults causing the woman to fear that physical force will be used if she resists. When a woman submits to sexual acts out of fear or coercion, it is rape. A wife does not need to be "putting up a good fight" for it to be rape. Some women have been hurt in the past for not cooperating with their husbands (Frieze,...

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