I recently intervened in a situation where a husband was wildly punching his wife in broad daylight. When I walloped him with my umbrella (yelling at him didn&#x27;t make him stop), his wife got up from the ground where she was being repeatedly punched, and began attacking ME. Saying things to the effect of &quot;how dare you intervene in our issues&quot; and &quot;don&#x27;t dare touch my husband&quot;.<p>This only reflects a tiny part of the Indian population but, within some circles, Indian women will stick by their husbands sides despite ANYTHING. A saying in Hindi is &quot;Pati dev&quot; which roughly means &quot;your husband is your God&quot;.<p>I&#x27;m not trying to insinuate anything by sharing this here except that it was an interesting (albeit anecdotal) experience that I had. I have close friends who have had arranged marriages which are thriving respectful relationships.