Well said to the poster right before me. My mother continues to be in an abusive marriage with my father. He has no respect for her or any woman. He is constantly insulting her and putting her down. She is told that her cooking is killing him, and can't do anything right. This is what is said when the adult children are at home. It gets worse when he thinks no one is home. Constant berating when he is in a bad mood. Good mood or in public...you would never know, but something in the church/politics/society upsets him....off he goes. She says its her cross to bear in life, and claims the submissive role as a woman because her SSPX and bishop preached it. A person doesn't deserve that.