Laksheeta Choudhary

Predictors of Men’s Endorsement of Forced Sex Within Marital Unions in India: Sexual Entitlement, Partner Concurrency, and Patriarchal Attitudes

Using nationally representative data from India’s National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5, 2019–21), this study examines marital sexual entitlement, operationalized as men’s endorsement that a husband is justified in using force to have sex when a wife refuses. Weighted analyses we...