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A 3 page essay that defines what child abuse is and describes its history across the ages. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Nature and History of Child Abuse
by , October, 2012 -properly! Societal views regarding how children were perceived and what sort of behavior was considered appropriate
in regards to children has changed considerably over the course of history. For example, sexual relations between children and adults were not always viewed as abusive. Therefore, many of the
behaviors classified as child abuse by todays society were not considered illegal in previous eras. The following examination of the nature and history of child abuse demonstrates that the modern
conceptualization of child abuse emerged in with modernity and contemporary perspectives. Child abuse has a long history as parents and other adults have abused children for centuries without any
laws being formulated to protect them ("Child abuse," 2012). That societal attitudes have changed over time is evident in the fact that in the early Christian era, women and
female children were considered property, with no intrinsic rights of their own (Kinnear, 2007). Scripture, both in the Bible and the Talmud, indicates that sexual relations between adult men and
extremely young girls was permitted, even encouraged. The Talmud states that, with her fathers permission, it was permissible for a man to be betrothed to a "female of three years
and one day" (Kinnear, 2007, p. 1). English common law considered children to be their fathers property until the late nineteenth century, and American colonist carried this tradition to
North America ("Child abuse," 2012). In the 1870s, the case of Mary Ellen Wilson, an orphan was suffered daily beatings from her foster mother, gained notoriety. At the time, there
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