Sexual Violence in Intimacy

Section I: Introductions to Sexual Violence in Intimacy

Chapter 1: New Frameworks for a Global Understanding of Sexual Violence in Intimacy

M. Gabriela Torres

Chapter 2: Living through Marital Rape

Fatima Muhammad DeSaraogo Porgho

Section II: Gendered Narratives of Sexual Violence in Marriage

Chapter 3: Young African Men's Reflections on Negotiating Sexual Intimacy

Akosua Adomako Ampofo

Chapter 4: Structural Vulnerability and Marital Sexual Violence in Chuuk, Micronesia

Sarah A. Smith

Chapter 5: "I didn't tell anyone because of my self-respect." The Collective Response to Naming Sexual Violence within Marriage in India

Niveditha Menon

Chapter 6: Black Feminist Analysis of Intraracial Sexual Violence within Black Women's Intimate Relationships

Freda Grant

Section III: Changing the Public Discourse on Sexual Violence in Intimacy

Chapter 7: Speaking the Previously Unspeakable: How Codifications of Spousal Rape into Law Affects How Intimate Partner Sexual Assaults are Reported

Rachel Lovell, Cyleste C. Collins, and Misty N. Luminais

Chapter 8: Marital Sexual Violence, Care, and Shared Suffering in Vietnam

Lynn Kwiatkowski

Chapter 9: The Art of the Possible: An Exploration of Artistic Interventions to Address Marital Rape in India.

Sreeparna Chattodpahay

Chapter 10: The Nexus between Sexual and Gender Violence and the Trafficking of Women in Puerto Rico

Luisa Hernandez Angueira and Sheila Perez Lopez

Section IV: Implications for Policy






Cross Cultural Comparisons of Sexual Violence in Intimacy
Chapter 11: Prevalence and Patterns of Sexual Violence in Marriage in the Pacific Region: Quantitative Data in Cross Cultural Comparison

Henriette Jansen

Chapter 12: A Global Women's Health Perspective on Marital Rape: Sanctions and Sanctuary

Jacquelyn Campbell




The Impact of Gender Equity Discourses on Policy

Chapter 13: Gender Equality Achieved? Policies on Intimate Partner (Sexual) Violence in the Danish Context.

Eva Bertelsen, William Osterby Sorensen, and Anna Maria Moskilde

Chapter 14: Reframing Sexual Violence as "Sexual Harm" in New Zealand: A Policy Critique

Nicola Gavey and Jade Farley