HISTORICAL CONTEXT
The issue began at 753 B.C where in Rome people abused women as a rule of thumb or in are terms a rule of dominance. It became a problem when it started and is still a problem today. Theirs information showing that not only females, but males are victims of domestic violence.
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In the mid-1800s, the legal systems viewed wife beating as something normal husband's do. The 19th century led to changes in both popular opinion and legislation regarding domestic violence within the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries. By the end of the 1870s, most courts in the United States had rejected a claimed right of husbands to physically discipline their wives.
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