Not so shocking..and not so brutal. I wouldn’t say it’s common, I don’t remember seeing guys hitting women in public very many times at all over all the years I’ve been here, but I’m certain that it happens at home. Also common, though, is wives cheating on their husbands who typically work a _lot_ while giving control of their accounts to their wives (they also often cheat themselves), so I suppose when a man gives up financial control of his earnings to his wife then finds out she’s banging other people it makes them extra enraged.