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.
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