Marital Rape Analyzed Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

The bride faces her man in the first night,
Not without fears, beside her bridal flush.
She carries throughout her marital life
That fear for her husband's mood and commands.

To have sex without ownerships is rape.
To have sex without one's consent is rape
To have sex with wife against her wish is rape.
Yet marital rape goes unnoticed.

She has to offer herself when he wants.
Her body is his that he can handle
As he wishes that includes the forceful
Fetishes on her without impunity.

She is a mute sufferer in the bed.
She cannot report it to anyone.
She is not expected to reveal it.
It is time she had her space and her time.

It is time man liberated his wife
From marital rape and sexual assaults
Lest there should be a necessity
To enact a law on marital rape.
19.08.2017