Update:
TOC responds to Thio Li-Ann’s criticisms.
In Singapore, raping your wife is not treated as rape in most cases.
But it should be.
Rape is rape is rape. An extreme form of violence and violation. Rape of a woman by her husband should be treated just like any other kind of rape. Abolish marital rape immunity. There can be no exceptions.
Visit notorape and lend your support to get marital rape criminalised.
The following is Channel NewsAsia’s documentary on marital rape:
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