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by her husband from the time she was pregnant with their first child. Shortly after the child was born, he broke her nose and she resolved to divorce him. But her parents were mortified about what people would think, and said she would have to give up her son if she left. She returned to the marital home where the abuse continued, including her husband forcing himself on her. "He used to make me pregnant, thinking that as long as I was having kids he would make me stay," she said.
It could lead to the imprisonment of the man, where in reality he is exercising the least of his marital rights
Sheik Ahmad Al-Kurdi, Sunni religious court judge, on criminalizing marital rape She feared he would kill her. But eventually, with the help of a
Kafa ("Enough") -- an NGO tackling violence and exploitation of women and children -- she was able to divorce her husband and retain custody of her children.
Such an outcome is rare for abused women in Lebanon -- a situation that was now unlikely to be remedied by the passing of the domestic violence bill, says Mouwad. Her organization heard of about 15 cases a year of Lebanese women murdered by their domestic partners, she said.
Mouwad said the draft bill had been watered down with so many amendments due to objections by religious conservatives, that it was virtually useless. She said she would ultimately prefer not to see it pass.
"If it passes the way it is, it's going to be disastrous and counterproductive," she said.
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this type of thing sadly exists all over the world, some more than others. i dont know what makes a man think that he has 'right' over his wife to take her and abuse her any which way he feels like.
men like this are extremely insecure and must definitely have very small penises - thereby making him feel inadequate...so he has to exert control over the wife.
