Back in the 1800’s, England, Spousal Abuse was very prominent. As horrible as it is, Husband’s were allowed and even encouraged at time to beat their Wives to “correct their behavior”. In fact in one case in specific a judge had said that it was completely acceptable for a Husband to hit his Wife with a stick if it was no bigger than his thumb! I cannot imagine if something were to happen like that in this day and age, and i think that is a perfect example of how much things have truly changed. In the 1800’s Wife beating was a very common practice and it was tolerated. Today it still happens but society fully acknowledges how incredibly wrong it is. Once a rich girl was tricked into marrying a gold digger. He would constantly abuse her with much worse than was accepted, ranging from wiping her, all the way to burning her face. She fled the home and filed for divorce. The male then went on to kidnap her in order to force her into calling off the divorce. She was rescued eight days later and one the divorce case. I think, that this case shows how even in the 1800’s people were sensible to some degree. It wasn't just mindless woman hate, and they knew that women deserve rights too. Even in this day and age we are not perfect. It is still a decently common practice for Christian Males to spank their Wives as a form of discipline and that isn’t all that frowned upon and get’s brought up rarely. In conclusion, we can point and laugh at how poor we our ancestor’s had treated Woman in the past, but in all honesty we must focus on the present and make sure we do not slip too far from the path we are on.
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