There are a hell of a lot of abusive women these days, too. Men don’t need to submit to them or fight them. Get away from them.
Ladies, you do not have to submit yourself to any man abusing you.
Islam will have a problem with this.
Not only are we exhorted to not wound with our words, others should never wound with their words to us, strongly suggesting that if a woman - or man, for that matter - were in a relationship, even in a marriage, where the other person was continually killing them with words, they had every right to remove themselves from that situation.
Not divorce, he was quick to add, because God hates divorce, but to flee, perhaps for a time, to a safe place where one's life, emotionally, spiritually or even physically, would be safe.
On the topic of divorce, some of us have read where, in Old testament times, God 'permitted divorce because of the hardness of the peoples' hearts. I've long interpreted the phrase 'hardness', not as the people's attitude towards God, but because of their attitude towards each other. I think he realized that because of sin, there would be times where one's partner hardened their heart (hated) their mate so much that there was no hope of healing.
A wife would be insane to submit to a husband who was not submitted to Christ.
Just wait until “Child Protective Services” are done abusing the woman!
True story:
Mother calls 911 to report hubby hitting her...again.
Hubby goes to jail.
Apartment is rented in his name and she gets tossed out after 2 week voucher expires.
Now she and 3 kids are homeless.
CPS takes her kids from her.
After getting outside help to get an apartment good enough to suit CPS, she still needs to undergo a CPS evaluation to certify she’s a fit mother....
Is it any wonder women don’t report abuse?!?!?
I heard of an account by a black pastor who told about a situation in his tiny Texas town where a man was abusing his wife by beating her.
The church elders visited him and had a talk with him and told him to stop and they were not to hear about it again.
Sure enough, he beat his wife again. The church board paid him another visit and beat the snot out of HIM.
He never touched his wife in that manner again.
I couldn’t see it happening today, sad to say. Sometimes people need a taste of their own medicine.
That said, Evans is absolutely correct in also dealing with women who abuse their husbands, both physically and verbally. Any woman who provokes her husband or boyfriend into physical action, is just as wrong, and IMO, deserves what she gets and has no one to blame but herself.
Right, and if he says any more than just yes dear he is an abusive s.o.b.
So, it's ok if he's doing it to his kid????