Marital rape is the term used to describe sexual intercourse with one’s spouse without the spouse consent. A partner may use physical force, threat of force or intimidation, causing the other partner to fear that she may be harmed if she resists. Stereotypes about women and sex such as women enjoy forced sex or it’s a wife duty to have sex with her husband regardless of how she feels continues to mislead men into believing their wives don’t have a right to give and withhold consent. these stereotype also lead women to blame themselves for unwanted sexual encounters.