We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Sexual violations among married women in southeastern Nigeria
- Authors
Chigbu, Chibuike O.; Ekweazi, Kingsley E.; Chigbu, Chioma C.; Iwuji, Stella E.
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To investigate domestic sexual violations in southeastern Nigeria and the opinions of married women regarding sexual rights for women.<bold>Method: </bold>Married women attending gynecologic clinics at 3 major hospitals in Enugu, Nigeria, completed a structured questionnaire.<bold>Results: </bold>A culture of male dominance seemed to be the leading cause for the following high rates: husband's total monopoly on decisions regarding sex, 54.1%; inability to refuse the husband's demands for sex, 60.7%; sex-related verbal abuse, 39.3%; sex-related physical violence, 16.2%; and forced sex, 19.1%. Women with a university education and unemployed women reported sexual violations more frequently than did others. Most respondents supported sexual rights for women.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Married women in southeastern Nigeria still are denied sexual rights, apparently owing to a culture of male dominance. A higher education alone may not lead to the advent of sexual rights for women, and a greater emphasis should be placed on societal reorientation.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; SEXUAL abuse victims; CRIMES against married women; SEXUAL rights; SOCIAL conditions of women; HIGHER education of women
- Publication
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2010, Vol 110, Issue 2, p141
- ISSN
0020-7292
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.02.013