Lagos — Rape is defined as a crime of forcing a woman or girl to have sex, especially using violence and it is one of the oldest crimes in the world.
Traditionally, rape could only be committed outside marriage, and courts did not apply the rape statutes to acts of forced sex between spouses because it was generally believed that a woman consented to all future sexual activity with her husband through the contract of marriage.
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