Rape in Marriage

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:crime
Human rights violation
Form of sexual violence
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Marital rape
gptkbp:barriersToReporting Social stigma
Fear of retaliation
Legal obstacles
gptkbp:criminalizes gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:India
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:defines Non-consensual sex between spouses
gptkbp:firstCriminalizedIn gptkb:Sweden
gptkbp:firstCriminalizedYear 1965
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rape in Marriage
gptkbp:legalArgumentsAgainstCriminalization Presumption of consent in marriage
gptkbp:legalArgumentsForCriminalization Human rights principles
Right to bodily autonomy
gptkbp:legalReformDrivenBy International pressure
Women's rights movements
gptkbp:legalStatusVariesBy gptkb:Country
gptkbp:notCriminalizedIn Some countries
gptkbp:notRecognizedAsCrimeIn Some African countries
Some Middle Eastern countries
gptkbp:opposedBy Some religious groups
gptkbp:penalty Fines (in some jurisdictions)
Imprisonment (in countries where criminalized)
gptkbp:prevalence Difficult to estimate
gptkbp:recognizedAsCrimeIn Over 100 countries
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:World_Health_Organization
gptkbp:relatedTo Consent
Gender equality
Domestic violence
Sexual assault
Intimate partner violence
gptkbp:studiedBy Sociologists
Criminologists
Legal scholars
gptkbp:subjectOf International conventions
Academic research
Media coverage
Legal reform
Feminist activism
UN reports
CEDAW recommendations
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Diana_Russell
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8