![]() These systems respond inadequately to women reporting marital rape, as the rape law exempts rape by husband. However, a small number of women do report marital rape to formal systems like hospitals and police. The findings highlight that a large proportion of survivors of domestic violence confide having experienced forced sexual intercourse by the husband while sharing their experience of physical, economic, and emotional violence with crisis intervention counsellors. Based on service records of survivors coming to public hospitals in an Indian city, this paper presents their pathways to disclosure and institutional responses such as hospitals and police. Marital rape, reproductive coercion, inserting objects in the vagina or anus, and withholding sexual pleasure are forms of violence routinely experienced by women. It has serious physical and mental health consequences and is a violation of women’s sexual and reproductive health rights. ![]() Sexual violence within marriage is common and manifests in various forms, including marital rape. ![]()
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