Marital Rape
2014
Project Report On
Marital Rape
Submitted To: Ms. Archna Agrawal
Submitted by: Priyansh Sharma
Enrollment ID: A3211113141
Course: B.A. L.Lb
Section: B
Semester: III
Acknowledgment
I would like to thank our professor Ms. Archana Agrawal for providing us the opportunity to make a project on such an enlightening topic and for also providing me any kind of help whenever required by me. While researching on the topic “Marital Rape” I learnt a lot about the practical and social world in which we live. Being a law student it is quite important for me to develop that ability to look law with the purview of the practical and social conditions of our society. I came across many cases and problems and issues which are faced by the sufferers of this problem about which I was aware before too but got to learn more about them. This experience of mine will help me to develop that social and practical purview to look towards law which is required for any law student to achieve knowledge in my life. I would also like to thank Amity University Uttar Pradesh for providing us with such a curriculum which helps us in increasing our knowledge in all aspects of education.
Priyansh Sharma
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Historical Context
3. Physical and Psychological Damage
4. In the context of Forced and Child Marriages
5. Legal Aspects
6. Prevalence
7. Sustaining Factors
8. Problems in prosecuting Spousal rape
9. Indian Context
10. Observations
11. Classification of Countries
Introduction
Marital rape, also known as spousal rape and rape in marriage, is non-consensual sex in which the perpetrator is the victim 's spouse. It is a form of partner rape, of domestic violence, and of sexual abuse. It can be equally, or even more, emotionally and physically damaging than rape by a stranger.
Once widely condoned or ignored by law, spousal rape is now repudiated by international conventions and increasingly
Project Report On
Marital Rape
Submitted To: Ms. Archna Agrawal
Submitted by: Priyansh Sharma
Enrollment ID: A3211113141
Course: B.A. L.Lb
Section: B
Semester: III
Acknowledgment
I would like to thank our professor Ms. Archana Agrawal for providing us the opportunity to make a project on such an enlightening topic and for also providing me any kind of help whenever required by me. While researching on the topic “Marital Rape” I learnt a lot about the practical and social world in which we live. Being a law student it is quite important for me to develop that ability to look law with the purview of the practical and social conditions of our society. I came across many cases and problems and issues which are faced by the sufferers of this problem about which I was aware before too but got to learn more about them. This experience of mine will help me to develop that social and practical purview to look towards law which is required for any law student to achieve knowledge in my life. I would also like to thank Amity University Uttar Pradesh for providing us with such a curriculum which helps us in increasing our knowledge in all aspects of education.
Priyansh Sharma
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Historical Context
3. Physical and Psychological Damage
4. In the context of Forced and Child Marriages
5. Legal Aspects
6. Prevalence
7. Sustaining Factors
8. Problems in prosecuting Spousal rape
9. Indian Context
10. Observations
11. Classification of Countries
Introduction
Marital rape, also known as spousal rape and rape in marriage, is non-consensual sex in which the perpetrator is the victim 's spouse. It is a form of partner rape, of domestic violence, and of sexual abuse. It can be equally, or even more, emotionally and physically damaging than rape by a stranger.
Once widely condoned or ignored by law, spousal rape is now repudiated by international conventions and increasingly
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