I totally agree. In our own country it was legal until quite recently to beat your wife with a stick, providing it wasn't wider than your thumb! And the UK is one of those nations who used to think slavery was fine and dandy - many people made the point our whole economy would collapse without it when abolition was proposed. Abuse is abuse, and hiding behind cultural or other defences just doesn't cut it - no nation has a 100% clean record of treatment for women, children and the poor and that means we cannot afford to say that the abuse one culture has eradicated, often via the struggle and suffering of committed people, is somehow precious and protected for another. Poor woman, I hope she finds a way to control her destiny.