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Sexual Assault within Marriage
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many countries sexual assault by a husband on his wife is not considered to be a crime: a wife is expected to submit. It is
thus very difficult in practice for a woman to prove that sexual assault has occurred unless she can demonstrate serious injury.
The report of the Special Rapporteur noted that light sentences in sexual assault cases send the wrong message to perpetrators
and to the public at large: that female sexual victimization is unimportant.
