hundreds of years were viewed as less than human, property, in place to serve at the

pleasure of their husband. Woman who grew up in homes where their mothers were

beaten or hit accepted it as their role as wife and most often married men who also

abused them. Women in the early nineteen hundreds believed that being abused or used

as a punching bag was just one of their duties as a wife. Many women believed that they

deserved to be hit, they did something wrong and they needed physical punishment. Men

who grew up in homes where their fathers beat their mothers continued the abuse in their

own marriages and in most cases also abused their children.

The history of spousal abuse dates back hundreds of years and has just recently

been recognized as a serious problem. There are many reasons why men abuse their

wives and why wives allow themselves to be abused. One contributing factor among men

in domestic violence cases is alcohol and/or substance abuse. A man may come home

from work after stopping at the bar for a few drinks and think that the house is not clean

enough or the kids are too loud, his onl

wives collect enough courage to leave, the end result occasionally is much worse than the

come a long way as compared to 20 years ago.

The one thing that everybody agrees with concerning domestic violence, is all

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