Section 375 of the Indian Penal Act includes all forms of sexual assault involving non-consensual intercourse with a woman as rape. But guess when it comes to terming ‘all forms’ of sexual acts, probably the act missed out on a very crucial one – Marital Rape.
This video called ‘Please Arrest Me’ takes us through the eyes of a journalist who tries to uncover a sensitive topic like marital rape by pretending to plant himself as the culprit.
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He takes us on his journey of trying to find out the status of criminalizing marital rape by talking to several married women and how they are dealing with it.
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He also met lawyers to know what exactly the law says about when a man is having non-consensual sex with his wife.
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Several faceless married women talked about their plight of how their husband’s are forcing sex upon them.
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And how the institution of marriage does not mean owning a person.
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He even talked to police officials asking them if cases of marital rape are reported to them and why it is still taking place.
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His undercover operation just led him to a series of disappointments. The video showed that even the government officials don’t take rape inside a marriage seriously. And even if the spouse comes forward to report it, ‘it is just a personal matter.’
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India is one of the 36 countries which has still not criminalized marital rape. Even though under the IPC act, rape inside a marriage is amicably ‘rape’ in general, ‘thousands of men can rape their wife and go unpunished.’
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You can watch the entire video here.
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