Marital Rape Test Bank: Consent, Marriage, and Social Change in Global Context

A Global Concern: Understanding Marital Rape

Rape in marriage is a pervasive problem affecting millions of women globally. While it was only criminalized in all U.S. states in 1993, it remains legal in many countries.

Cultural and Legal Complexities

Marital rape is often misunderstood due to the ideology of permanent consent underlying legal and cultural definitions of sex in marriage. This volume examines how cultural, legal, public health, and human rights policies impact intimate partner violence.

The Impact of Forced Sex

Despite varying legal and cultural conceptions of marital rape, evidence from different societies reveals that forced sex undermines the physical and psychological well-being of women, regardless of their cultural context.

An International Approach

This text brings together an international group of scholars from anthropology, sociology, criminology, law, public health, and human rights, offering an interdisciplinary approach to understanding sex and gender-based violence.