Another problem results from prevailing social norms that exist. In order for any law to be successfully enforced, the acts which it prohibits must be perceived by society as abusive and worthy of reprimand. As such, even if a jurisdiction enacts laws against marital rape, these laws are most often ignored since the act is not socially considered a crime. For example, in Mali, it is considered unthinkable for a woman to refuse her husband's sexual demands; far from being seen as an act of abuse of a wife, marital rape is seen as an incident provoked by the wife who refused to perform her duty: for instance one survey found that 74% of women in Mali said that a husband is justified to beat his wife if she refuses to have sex with him. In America, socially accepted misogynistic views of females contribute to an increasing occurrence of spousal abuse and a destitute number of spousal rape convictions.