A I tried to resist by not flexing my legs. xxxx Q At that time when your husband allegedly removed your panty he also remove your nightgown? A No, Sir. Q And he did pull out your duster [sic] towards your face? A He raised my duster [sic] up. Q In other words your face was covered when he raised your duster [sic]? A No, only on the breast level.138 On the October 17, 1998 rape incident: (Direct Examination) ATTY. LARGO Q So, after your children went out of the room, what transpired? A He successfully having sex with me because he pulled my short pant and pantie forcible. Q So, what did you say when he forcibly pulled your short and pantie? A I told him, "don't do that to me, my body is still aching and also my abdomen and I cannot do what you wanted me to do. I cannot withstand sex." Q So, what happened to your short when he forcibly pulled it down? A It was tom. Q And after your short and pantie was pulled down by your husband, what did he do? A He also removed his short and brief and flexed my two legs and mounted on me and succeeded in having sex with me.139 The accused-appellant forced his wife when he knowingly overpowered her by gripping her hands, flexing her legs and then resting his own legs thereon in order to facilitate the consummation of his much-desired non-consensual sexual intercourse. Records also show that the accused-appellant employed sufficient intimidation upon KKK. His actuations prior to the actual moment of the felonious coitus revealed that he imposed his distorted sense of moral authority on his wife. He furiously demanded for her to lay with him on the bed and thereafter coerced her to indulge his sexual craving.