But all the relatives talked about what a fool she was and how unappreciative she had been of her husband's goodness. She should go home to her husband. She doesn't know how lucky she is. She has the key to her own house under her belt and a husband who provides for her. Many women have been conditioned to believe that all forms of violence towards them by their husbands is natural.
Some women consider such forms of violence as a male prerogative or their own destiny.
Other women, however, are angered by such violence but do not know how to change their own circumstances. There is an absence of alternatives for these women who desperately want to change the behaviour of their husbands or want to get out of their marriages. Many women remain silently abused in unhappy marriages for the sake of their children, knowing that once they leave the marriage, they will also lose their children. Though battered women have the right to file a complaint in court against their spouses for physical abuse, familial and societal pressures discourage them from seeking legal remedies. Jordanian law requires a married woman to obtain her husband's permission before she can get a passport.