Reply To: Halacha on how to treat a Yosom and Almana

The laws of how to treat a an orphan and a widow are not really limited to them. The reason the Torah specifies the orphan and the widow is simply because those are the people who, having no one to protect them, are often subject to abuse more than others. But in truth, abuse is wrong no matter who it is directed at, regardless of age, gender, or marital status.