The Acqua Tofana case
The divorce in Italy was introduce in the 1970 so how could a woman escape from a situation of abuse before? An answer could be found in the story of Giulia Tofana and her poison "Acqua Tofana" or “Aqua Tofana”. Back in the time once married the men had complete control over their wives’ lives and they could treat them as they wanted. So how could a woman put an end on the abuse? Someone could say maybe by killing their husband and Giulia made that her business. To write this article I have interviewed two normal people that prefer to remain ammoniums, to have different point on view on the case. Both of them didn’t know this story before and both of them said that this situation is really morally ambiguous. “Do you think that at the time the wives had others solutions to escape from a situation of domestic abuse? if yes, which ones?” I asked them, and both answer that there wasn’t really a way to escape from similar situations at the time. There is really lit...