The Legal Rapist: Young Sikh Boy Simar Singh's Powerful Poem On Marital Rape Is A Must Watch

A video highlighting the plight of a woman suffering in a marriage wherein her husband says “he loves her” is going viral and for just the right reasons. Recited by Simar Singh, it is titled ‘The Legal Rapist’ and focuses on the plight of a woman who thought it was her “dominating” husband’s love when he forced himself on her against her will.

 

Singh raises a pertinent question with reference to the ‘legal status’ marital rape has in India — “If marital rape is an actual thing and if being a housewife is a job, then isn’t is sexual harassment at workplace?”