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The writer argues that there is a blind spot in the Sexual Offences Bill in that it does not appropriately acknowledge the victims of compelled rape or forced sex. She says that when rape is used as a pattern of abuse and as a spectacle it has damaging effects on family members that are forced to witness the humiliation of spouses or lovers having to engage in sex in front of criminals.
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