Marital Rape
Consent, Marriage, and Social Change in Global Context
Published on 1. September 2016
Book
Hardback
262 pages
978-0-19-023836-0 (ISBN)
Description
Rape in marriage is a global problem affecting millions of women -- it is still legal in many countries and was only criminalized in all U.S. states in 1993. In much of the world, marital rape is too often understood as an oxymoron due to the fact that the ideology of permanent consent underlies the legal and cultural definitions of sex in marriage. From Vietnam to Guatemala to South Africa and beyond, this volume examines how cultural, legal, public health, and human rights policies and practices impact intimate partner violence. While legal and cultural conceptions of marital rape vary widely -- from criminal assault to wifely duty -- this volume offers evidence from different societies that forced sex undermines the physical and psychological well-being of the women who experience it, regardless of their cultural context.
Globally, the nature of marriage is changing and so are notions of individual choice, love, intimacy, and rigid gender roles. Marital Rape documents wide ranging and fluid understandings of sex, consent, and rape in marriage; such an array of perspectives demands an international and interdisciplinary approach to the study of sex and gender-based violence. This text brings together an international group of scholars from the fields of anthropology, sociology, criminology, law, public health, and human rights; their work points to the importance of understanding the lived experience of sexual violence for the design of effective and culturally sensitive public policy and practice.
Globally, the nature of marriage is changing and so are notions of individual choice, love, intimacy, and rigid gender roles. Marital Rape documents wide ranging and fluid understandings of sex, consent, and rape in marriage; such an array of perspectives demands an international and interdisciplinary approach to the study of sex and gender-based violence. This text brings together an international group of scholars from the fields of anthropology, sociology, criminology, law, public health, and human rights; their work points to the importance of understanding the lived experience of sexual violence for the design of effective and culturally sensitive public policy and practice.
Reviews / Votes
Marital Rape provides an insightful analysis of the laws, cultural norms, and social practices surrounding marital rape throughout the world. It makes clear that true sex equality requires sexual autonomy in marriage. This book will be a valuable resource for social scientists, lawyers, advocates, and government officials." * Jill Elaine Hasday, JD, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Centennial Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School; author of Family Law Reimagined * Co-edited by two pioneering feminist scholars, Marital Rape helps fill a major gap in the social scientific literature on a topic that continues to receive selective inattention from the media and policymakers. More importantly, this path-breaking volume examines marital rape globally and is interdisciplinary in nature. The editors and contributors should be commended for enhancing our knowledge of one of the world's most compelling social problems." * Walter S. DeKeseredy, MA, PhD, Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair of Social Sciences, West Virginia University; co-author, Violence against Women in Pornography * Even though rape within marriage is widespread, research on this phenomenon has been greatly neglected. Marital Rape makes a very important contribution by providing a sophisticated analysis of this form of sexual assault. Taking a comparative perspective, the authors argue that marital rape should be understood in the context of culturally specific ideas about kinship and marriage. The book joins perspectives from anthropology, sociology, human rights, public health, and law to develop an insightful analysis that seeks to reconcile respect for cultural difference with women's entitlement to a good life and human rights." * Sally Engle Merry, MA, PhD, Silver Professor, New York University Department of Anthropology; author of Human Rights and Gender Violence *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
561 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-023836-0 (9780190238360)
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Persons
Kersti Ylloe, MA, PhD, is Professor of Sociology at Wheaton College (MA), where she held the Henrietta Jennings Chair for Outstanding Teaching, and was a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Estonia. She has done research on domestic violence for nearly four decades and has published numerous articles and books including License to Rape: the Sexual Abuse of Wives (with David Finkelhor).; M. Gabriela Torres, MA, PhD, is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Wheaton College (MA), and is a specialist in the study of the violence and state formation. Her work focused on Guatemala has been published in numerous journals and edited collections and has been funded by the Wenner Gren Foundation and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Content
Table of Contents
Prologue: Understanding Marital Rape in Global Context
Kersti Ylloe
Section I: Conceptualizing the Problem of Marital Rape
Chapter 1: Reconciling Cultural Difference in the Study of Marital Rape
M. Gabriela Torres
Chapter 2: An Overview of Marital Rape Research in the United States: Limitations and Implications for Cross-Cultural Research
Raquel Kennedy Bergen
Chapter 3: Cross-Cultural Studies of Gender-Based Violence: Holistic Approaches for Marital Rape Research
Jennifer R. Wies and Hillary J. Haldane
Section II: The Lived Experience of Rape in Marriage in a Cross-Cultural Context
Chapter 4: Modern Marriage, Masculinity, and Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria
Daniel Jordan Smith
Chapter 5: Marital Sexual Violence, Structural Vulnerability, and Misplaced Responsibility in Northern Viet Nam
Lynn Kwiatkowski
Chapter 6: Normalizing Suffering, Robadas, Coercive Power, and Marital Unions Among Ladinas in Eastern Guatemala
Cecilia Menjivar
Chapter 7: Marital Rape and the Law: The Condition of Black Township Women in South Africa's Democracy
Judith L. Singleton
Chapter 8: Marital Sexual Violence in Turkey
Henrica A.F.M. (Henriette) Jansen, Ilknur Yueksel-Kaptanoglu, Filiz Kardam, and Banu Ergoecmen
Chapter 9: Rape and the Continuum of Sexual Abuse in Intimate Relationships: Interviews with US Women from Different Social Classes
James Ptacek
Chapter 10: Sexual Murder of Women Intimate Partners in Great Britain
Russell P. Dobash and R. Emerson Dobash
Section III: Public Health, Legal and Human Rights Approaches
Chapter 11: A Feminist Public Health Approach to Marital Rape
Jacquelyn Campbell, Bushra Sabri, Jocelyn Anderson, and Veronica Barcelona de Mendoza
Chapter 12: Marital Rape Laws Globally: Rationales and Snapshots Around the World
Michelle J. Anderson
Chapter 13: Human Rights Meets Intimate Partner Sexual Violence
Monica McWilliams and Fionnuala Ni Aolain
Epilogue: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Future Research
M. Gabriela Torres and Kersti Ylloe
Prologue: Understanding Marital Rape in Global Context
Kersti Ylloe
Section I: Conceptualizing the Problem of Marital Rape
Chapter 1: Reconciling Cultural Difference in the Study of Marital Rape
M. Gabriela Torres
Chapter 2: An Overview of Marital Rape Research in the United States: Limitations and Implications for Cross-Cultural Research
Raquel Kennedy Bergen
Chapter 3: Cross-Cultural Studies of Gender-Based Violence: Holistic Approaches for Marital Rape Research
Jennifer R. Wies and Hillary J. Haldane
Section II: The Lived Experience of Rape in Marriage in a Cross-Cultural Context
Chapter 4: Modern Marriage, Masculinity, and Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria
Daniel Jordan Smith
Chapter 5: Marital Sexual Violence, Structural Vulnerability, and Misplaced Responsibility in Northern Viet Nam
Lynn Kwiatkowski
Chapter 6: Normalizing Suffering, Robadas, Coercive Power, and Marital Unions Among Ladinas in Eastern Guatemala
Cecilia Menjivar
Chapter 7: Marital Rape and the Law: The Condition of Black Township Women in South Africa's Democracy
Judith L. Singleton
Chapter 8: Marital Sexual Violence in Turkey
Henrica A.F.M. (Henriette) Jansen, Ilknur Yueksel-Kaptanoglu, Filiz Kardam, and Banu Ergoecmen
Chapter 9: Rape and the Continuum of Sexual Abuse in Intimate Relationships: Interviews with US Women from Different Social Classes
James Ptacek
Chapter 10: Sexual Murder of Women Intimate Partners in Great Britain
Russell P. Dobash and R. Emerson Dobash
Section III: Public Health, Legal and Human Rights Approaches
Chapter 11: A Feminist Public Health Approach to Marital Rape
Jacquelyn Campbell, Bushra Sabri, Jocelyn Anderson, and Veronica Barcelona de Mendoza
Chapter 12: Marital Rape Laws Globally: Rationales and Snapshots Around the World
Michelle J. Anderson
Chapter 13: Human Rights Meets Intimate Partner Sexual Violence
Monica McWilliams and Fionnuala Ni Aolain
Epilogue: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Future Research
M. Gabriela Torres and Kersti Ylloe