Sexism has been extremely prevalent throughout the world since the beginning of agricultural societies. As groups of people abandoned their hunting and gathering practices to concentrate on agriculture, women were no longer needed to keep the group alive. Their role in society was demoted to that of bearing children and therefore they were considered only suitable for housework and were not included in forced labor. This was the beginning of a deep-rooted sexism that continues to this day. We have seen many examples of this throughout history, from the high levels of abuse in ancient Rome, to European witch hunts viciously attacking women and resulting in an estimated 51,000 deaths, to the extreme levels of sexism surrounding modern army, and even until today. We see recurring patterns of unfair accusations against women, physical violence and even murder. There are many ways we have improved the treatment of women throughout history, but there are also many ways we can improve it further. Violence against women has been an important social construct for thousands of years and constitutes a large part of ancient Roman civilization. Company. There are many examples of extreme violence against women during this period, from Regilla's murder to Consualia. A famous example of physical violence during this period is the murder of Regilla. Regilla was the wife of the nobel Herod and was ultimately murdered due to domestic violence. Herod had sent his freedman, Alcimedon, to punish her and the abuse ultimately led to his death. She was eight months pregnant at the time. Even though Regilla's family filed suit against Herod and Alcimedon, they managed to escape the trials unscathed due to the close relationship between Herod and the emperor. The murder of Regil...... middle of paper ......n in modern times as well as in history. Around the world, there are many such cases: high levels of sexual violence in Congo with no punishment for rapists, sexual torture in South America, 2,800 to 3,000 women murdered in the United States per year and 78% sexual offenses within families targeting girls. As Lori E. Amy says, “We ignore the folly of a social order in which the sexual danger we warn them [girls] about is considered normal” (Inherit 153). This modern day sexism comes from years of sexism made acceptable by society. We have seen examples of this in history, but it is still applied in modern times. Advertisements showing men beating their wives were commonplace in the mid-1900s, and laws recognizing marital rape as wrong were not passed until 1978. Women's position has been weak throughout the history and we see through this that it is still a problem today..