[A CA Guy]

I'm saying the old world was a harsher world and they worked most stuff out and repaired often the issues.

If such wives had brothers and they were getting hit, often those brothers would take those abusing men to the alley, beat them up and let them know they were expected to not do that.

There is no perfection, but cut and run marriages of today are disasters for the family for sure.
Because it is so easy to leave, our families are all broken up and screwed up IMO.

Long term abuse is rather rare unless there is substance abuse, and even the Catholic church would NOT consider that at some point a marriage and would annul it.

But there wasn't such extreme versions as yours across the board in the past.
I think there are more today busted up because it is easy to do so and that is particularly horrible with children.

[laney]

Wrong again my friend..For the most part MEN of World War1 and World War11 were the providers for the family there was a wife to support and more than likely 4 or more children to support. They were EXPECTED to do this as women were EXPECTED to wait on there husbands and children it was a DUTY wether you liked it or not. Many married because the woman were pregnant, MEN did none of the child rearing it was ALL left up to the woman these were not great families they needed help and that is why you started to finally see a breakdown when the 60's rolled around.