Essay on Marital Rape, as well as a historical background on the sexual manipulation and control of women. This was written for a senior level Behavioral Science course.

The torture and rape of women has been commonplace on the society and notably so since at least, the archaic times. While behaviors such as torture and rape are no longer socially acceptable or politically correct, they are still condoned and practiced in all modern societies, as well as endorsed in others. Although women today are not so readily expected or openly commanded to throw themselves at the will of their male acquaintances, counterparts, or …

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