Violence is a pervasive aspect of existence. Violence occurs at all levels of social life.(Deutsch,1991) There is violence within the household, violence between religions, violence between races, violence between the weak and the strong, both individually and communally, violence as a criminal act and violence between communities, mankind has perpetrated violence on itself. Before we examine the question of Is violence a social construct we must first look at the root causes of violence to better understand why it happens, and to better understand that violence is a part of who we are and part of what allows us to function as a human race. Violence is a social construct to such an extent it is ingrained into our whole human evolution.