Sexism is a modern issue, that has begun its roots in the beginning of time. Although sexism itself should be a crime, it appears frequently in the occurrence of a crime. Puritans are notorious for their early 1900s sexist views; however, the extremities had gone unnoticed until modern days. One of the most popular examples of puritan sexism is how they handled adultery. Puritans punishment was often based on the gender of the criminal.
One of the most common crimes during the puritan era was adultery (source 1). Adultery is defined as any sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married. In modern terms, this crime is most commonly blamed on the married individual (source 2). However, puritans