Skeletal muscle also serves as the main site of insulin-stimulated glucose disposal, thus playing a major role in glucose homeostasis. At first glance, the action of insulin on glucose transport seems independent of its effect on skeletal Na,K-ATPase. Insulin initiates the translocation of the major glucose transporter responsible for glucose uptake into muscle and adipose tissue, GLUT4, to the plasma membrane (sarcolemma, T tubule) from an intracellular membrane storage compartment, GLUT4 storage vesicles.
Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) considers the forced sex in marriages as a crime only when the wife is below age 15. Thus, marital rape is not a criminal offense under the IPC. Marital rape victims have to take recourse to the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 (PWDVA).
Domestic violence is most commonly experienced by women and perpetrated by men, but also happens in same sex relationships. Men can also experience domestic violence. Many kinds of domestic violence such as physical assault, wounding, sexual assault, rape, threats to kill and harassment are criminal offences.he Home Office definition of domestic violence covers any pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between people aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality. It includes the following types of abuse:-.