HISTORY

In the year 753 B.C. during the reign of Romulus in Rome, wife beating is accepted and condoned under The Laws of Chastisement. Under these laws, the husband has absolute rights to physically discipline his wife. Since by law, a husband is held liable for crimes committed by his wife, this law was designed to protect the husband from harm caused by the wife's actions. These laws permit the husband to beat his wife with a rod or switch as long as its circumference is no greater than the girth of the base of the man's right thumb, hence "The Rule of Thumb." The tradition of these laws is perpetuated in English Common Law and throughout most of Europe. In those days it was like saying the woman had no greater significance than that of a child. it's almost just like saying the woman was there to please the man and bow down to him at any costand if she didnt behave like that of a child she was beaten with a rod. In the middle, ages,In Europe, squires and noblemen beat their wives as regularly as they beat their serfs; the peasants faithfully followed their lords' example. The Church sanctions the subjection of women. Priests advise abused wives to win their husbands' good will through increased devotion and obedience. The habit of looking upon women as a species apart, without the same feelings and capacity for suffering which men possess, becomes inbred during the Middle Ages. In a Medieval theological manual, a man is given permission to "castigate his wife and beat her for correction. once again it was advised that the woman did what the husband said in order to stay in his good grace. in this era a woman would constantly be beaten because we live in a time where women who are more independent tend to be disrespectful because they feel as if they dont need a man for anything. in the old days it was okay to beat a woman where as today it is totally opposite unless a woman is okay with the fact that her husband beats her.