wifebeating

Between 1889 and 1894, fifty-eight out of sixty men arrested for wifebeating in Charleston, South Carolina were black ....

'Trivial Complaints:' The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law and Activism in the U.S. 2008

Many of these very stern, anti-wifebeating responses date from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries among the Jews of Ashkenaz in Germany and France.

Wifebeating in Jewish Tradition. 2009

In summary, we have noted that both Christian and Moslem sources sanction wifebeating/chastisement for the purpose of education.

Wifebeating in Jewish Tradition. 2009

There are a variety of attitudes found in the responsa literature towards wifebeating.

Wifebeating in Jewish Tradition. 2009

The German medieval sources go furthest by stating that one has to be more stringent in cases of wifebeating than with stranger assault because he must honor the wife who is under his protection and thus he is more accountable to her than to a stranger.

Wifebeating in Jewish Tradition. 2009

Elijah became an advocate on the issue of wifebeating.

Wifebeating in Jewish Tradition. 2009

In fifteenth-century Europe we find more rabbis who approve of wifebeating for the purpose of education.

Wifebeating in Jewish Tradition. 2009

Gratuitous wifebeating, striking a wife without a reason, is unlawful and forbidden by all.

Wifebeating in Jewish Tradition. 2009

Thus, although in modern times there are almost no rabbinic authorities who justify wifebeating for the purpose of education, there are many who still do not allow a forced divorce to free the victim of wifebeating.

Wifebeating in Jewish Tradition. 2009

Thus it should not shock us if rabbis begin again to allow wifebeating for educational purposes and/or do not view wifebeating as grounds for divorce.

Wifebeating in Jewish Tradition. 2009