I, just like many other women and men in the Middle East, were raised in a society filled with contradictions, taboos and social and religious customs. In this society, there is a clear conflict between patriarchal customs based on social customs and religious doctrine on the one hand and individual rights such as bodily and sexual rights on the other. In this context, the issue of rape must be raised as it is still basically legal for a married man to rape his wife according to religious law.
Patriarchal ideology did not give the woman the right to refuse to have sex with her husband. Instead, it entrenched the belief of female slaves. As soon as the woman signs the marriage contract and moves into the marital home, she becomes the property of her husband.
From a patriarchal point of view, women are pieces of furniture who do not need care and attention. The husband forgets or does not care about his wife´s sexual rights and needs. He does not care if she gets tired or bored. Maybe he can´t satisfy her. Or, she simply doesn´t feel like having sex. However, the patriarchal mind can´t handle rejection. This leads to marital rape as some men believe that sex with their wife is their right. This is what society has taught them.
It remains for the masculine mind to realize that this is wrong and stop living by the law of the jungle. Even though this behavior may be accepted both socially and religiously.
