Approximately half of women exposed to violence do nothing in response (“I try to wait until my husband calms down” or “I do nothing”). Every fifth woman actively resists her husband. Approximately every fifth woman leaves home temporarily. And ultimately 14 per cent ask for outside intervention (relatives, neighbours, and law-enforcement bodies).
The prevailing passivity to domestic violence (“it impossible to change the way things are”) is caused by women’s doubt in the effectiveness of outside help to ameliorate her situation.