There are some rotten husbands out there. They are abusive and no wife is expected by God to lose her teeth at the hands of a monster.

HOWEVER, I've seen a completely different situation, where a terrible wife continually shirked off her duties and responsibilities as a wife and a mother. Her husband was a good Christian man, but she continually dragged him down, frustrating him by messing-up the house more than the children. After nearly 20 years of fussing and feuding with his uncaring and irresponsible wife, he got tired and became abusive, so she divorced him. I'm not defending the husband's abuse, but she's a hundred times more guilty than he is of wrong doing.