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NPO “National Women’s Shelter Net” has released a statement on domestic sexual violence from its partners. It was also presented to the study group of the Ministry of Justice, which is discussing whether the criminal law on sexual violence is in line with the current situation, as a request to “create sexual crimes related to sexual violence between couples.”
Immediately after giving birth, she was forced to have sex, had repeated miscarriages without cooperating with contraception, and was able to see excretion.
From the voices of the advisers sent to the group, the real situation of serious damage emerges.
“My wife’s duty to have sex”
There is a real situation of serious sexual violence between spouse and partner (photo is an image).
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The NPO “National Women’s Shelter Net” is made up of 67 private organizations that operate shelters for women and children affected by domestic violence.
According to the group, spousal sexual violence tends to become more common and serious because it is difficult for victims to recognize it as sexual violence.“It is my wife’s duty to have sex” “My wife follows her husband’s request”It is a conscience.
The following is a query sent to member organizations of the network of women’s shelters across the country.
(* There is a detailed description of sexual violence. Be careful with flashbacks, etc.)
Daughter-related sexual violence, forced sex immediately after childbirth, non-cooperation with contraception
Sexual violence against wives can also extend to children (pictured is a picture).
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“My husband followed me when I went to the bathroom,See me forcibly urinateIt became so “
“In the midst of intense physical violenceUnable to contraceptives and abortions 10 timesI had no choice but to do so. She ran away and got divorced, and her daughter went far away, but 15 years after the divorce, her daughter became seriously depressed. My daughter was also a victim of sexual violenceI discovered. “
Other,“They made me go out without my underwear.” “They forced me to have cruel sexual activity, as I saw in an adult video.”There were also people.
Forced to take pictures and videos, or slept on medication and used to threaten you“Digital damage”There was also.
Furthermore, it is not just coexistence that suffers damage.Called Using Child Visitation Exchanges After Divorce And Facing Sexual ViolenceThere is also a case.
Sexual DV buried in DV
There are several reasons why sexual violence is difficult to defend (photo is an image).
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Despite these harsh conditions, spousal sexual violence is rarely a criminal case.
“Since the victim prioritizes hiding the evacuation place away from the other party, it is very difficult to report the harm to the police focusing on sexual violence. Also, if you consult the police about domestic violence, the police officer he will die. Even if there is sexual violence in domestic violence, it is unlikely that he would pay attention to it and send it to the criminal department and propose to file a damage report, mainly considering the danger and evacuation assistance. ” From NPO corporation, national women’s shelter net statement)
Sexual DV between spouses that is difficult to bring to light. The National Network of Refuges for Women has submitted this statement as a request to the “Study Group of the Amendment of the Penal Code” of the Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Ministry of Justice.
Dating sexual violence is also a type of sexual crime
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What we are looking for is the following.
-Include mental and sexual DV in the protection orders of the DV Prevention Law
・ Based on the actual situation of domestic sexual violence, abolish the requirement to sign the spouse’s consent in the case of an abortion according to the Maternal Health Law
-Creating sexual crimes related to sexual violence between couples
“Under the ‘threat of assault’ requirements for sexual offenses in current criminal law, it is difficult to consider intimate partner sexual violence under continuous control as a sexual offense. Sexual DV between spouses and partners Create a pattern of crime based on the characteristics or prohibit all sexual acts with which you do not agree, and in the case of sexual violence between your spouse and partner, pray a more severe sentence. ” From the book)
Laws and institutions are inevitable to spread the recognition that sexual activity without consent is violence in any relationship.
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(Prayer, Ikuko Takeshita)
