IT is heartening to see domestic violence on the public agenda at the moment, and I hope to see real change, and not the transitory media hoopla we’ve been used to in the past.
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With Australian women being murdered at such an appalling rate, it is perhaps worth mentioning a form of domestic violence that still remains largely hidden.
Intimate partner rape is an extremely common part of domestic violence, and may accrue longer and more serious impacts than stranger rape.
A woman who is experiencing rape additionally to physical violence from an abusive partner, is more than seven times more likely to be murdered by him than a woman experiencing physical violence alone.
Women experiencing rape and sexual assault by their partners must be aware of the risks, and that there is assistance available.
Your partner never has any right to force or coerce you into unwanted sex.
Those wishing to know more about intimate partner rape and sexual assault can visit the website www.aphroditewounded.org
— LOUISE McORMOND-PLUMMER,
Lavington
