Marital rape should be a crime, but it is not, yet

Forcing sex on a woman is rape whether it is done by a stranger or the man the woman is married to. Photo: The Star/Azman Ghani

By refusing to criminalise marital rape or even acknowledge that sex without consent between a husband and wife is rape, the Government is failing to protect women who are raped by their spouses.

And it does happen. Often.