When rape within marriage is not a crime


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 09 Jul 2006

DURING her 15 years of marriage, Jacintha (not her real name), 40, was physically abused, then forced to have sex.  

Sometimes, her husband would make sexual gestures in front of their children. While forcing himself on her, he used sexual obscenities and kept urging her to act out her sexual acts with her “alleged” lover.  

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