Women are more often the victims of domestic violence than victims of burglary, muggings, or other physical crimes combined. Every nine seconds a woman is physically abused and 85% of all marital rape cases include some form of physical violence. Despite the elimination of Marital Rape Exemption, the clauses have not been completely removed from all state laws. As of March 1996, only 17 states and the District of Columbia had gone so far as to fully abolish the Exemption. Wife rape is the most common type of completed rape compared to assault by a stranger. Wife rape victims are more likely to be raped multiple times and women who suffer long lasting physical and emotional trauma that is as severe or more severe than stranger rape victims. A wife violated by her lifelong husband, someone with whom she shares her bed, her home, and perhaps her children, is likely to lose sight of her personal rights. Victims of sexual assault, rape, and physical violence are all too often seeking refuge from husbands, ex-husbands, or intimate male partners.