Why do some men use the excuse of an arranged marriage to treat their wives badly? It is as if the arranged marriage is justifying their abuse.

It was brought to my attention by a recent article the issues that women go through in their marriages and the savagery they must endure.

For what, they are viewed as second class citizens so they get beaten up and bullied because that’s the way life is in Pakistan?

They think that men have this divine right to dominate women in such brutal ways.

Living in the UK, seeing how life has not only evolved from the villages of Pakistan but how life can be different. Is this not the reason why people moved to the UK, America, Europe. To have this better life?

That should not just be restricted to monetary incentives to move.

One should look to give their family a better life in every aspect. Try and escape the misogynistic attitudes.

Is there a man out there, and I encourage women to pass this article onto their husbands, that can honestly justify why when they come home from work they believe shouting abuse at their wives and beating them up is acceptable.

Can one explain why men believe they have the right to order their wives to do what they demand irrespective if it is over burdening them.

The irony in all of this, some of these men will keep their lives shrouded in secrecy and be the pillar of the local community.

Go to the mosque and outwardly voice their love of being a good Muslim. Yet they act in vastly contradictory manners.

The other side of the coin is that the men and women are pushed into marriages by their parents.

Which is wrong as this starts a marriage off on the wrong foot? And proof can be shown again and again to justify this stance.

Furthermore, the women’s families wrongly advise them that the aforementioned behaviour is accepted and just grin and bear it. It will bring shame to the family if they complain or want a divorce. What shame.

This is saying that men can beat their wives to a pulp, rape them, have affairs, drink and engage in all sorts of sordid and vile acts and that is better than leaving them.

That is better than complaining and getting a divorce.

Look at the religious view, there is no proof to suggest that this ever happened and in the fact the best of men are those that treat wives fairly and justly.

From a non-religious perspective, the Human Rights Act, every human deserves to be treated with respect and dignity.

Men, that does include women. You know, those people you married.

Men have this ingrained in them from a very young age and believe this is way to treat their women.

They may have hidden hatred for their fathers yet they carry on in the same manner. When will women in our Pakistani and the wider Asian communities have their deserved rights.

When will men realise these acts have never been and never will be justified. It is up to women and their families to stand up against these acts of barbarism.

By Uzair Ali.