There is a syndrome called Battered Woman Syndrome. According to the Canadian Medical Association Journal, battered wife syndrome is when a woman is physically and psychologically abused by her husband or boyfriend.
Some women remain with the men out of fear, others they have no where else to go or while feel obligated to the man and the children. They do not realize that in the end they would more than likely end up destroying and hurting the children and in some cases. Children who are around abuse or who have been abused, end up becoming abusive as adults.
This cycle needs to stop, but within our culture this seens to be the norm and is seen as quite harmless by some, but this is not so. When a man or woman really love each other, there should never be any kind of violence towards each other. The best thing for a man or woman, if they are being physically abused, is to leave that situation and find somewhere safe to go and seek counseling or find a friend with whom they can talk and who can help you. Yu doan need a chatty chatty mouth friend.