Knowledge is power. Double standards are condemned by the same religious code you say you value yet Deuteronomy 25,13-15 states to not have double standards: ” Do not have 2 different measures – one large, one small . Do not have two different weights & measures so that you may live long in the land God has given you.”So when a man justifies mistreating a woman simply because she’s a woman …throw that at him. This includes verbal , emotional & physical abuse. No man is God & you never have to settle like you’re less than.