I'm not an expert in this field but let me use some logic to give a rational, critically thought, well thought out response.
- DR is a poor country with high unemployment, typically women are hit the hardest in tough economic environment so they would sacrifice some happiness for some financial security.
- Women lag behind men in education (in DR), it is typical in DR a woman would sacrifice, work a couple of shift, help the guy with college assignment so he can get his degree, once that happens she will find herself in the condition described above. Also in DR men encourage women not to seek jobs and stay home with the kids.
- Lack of proper family planning, once a girl has a baby (or babies!!!) it is hard for her to break the cycle of dependency, even if the marital condition warrant it.
- It is deeply embedded in Dominican culture men will get lot of women, since they are babies everybody tell them "tu va' tene' muchisimas novias". Women on the other hand can hardly afford to look promiscuous, once that line is crossed she will be forever "esa cuero 'el diablo, maldita puta vagamunda"
- Dominicans are deeply religious, Christianity (especially Catholicism) teach people to avoid at all cost to break the marriage. It also teaches "not to pay attention to suffering in this world but to focus instead in the afterlife", that is an explosive combination that expels doom for the weakest link at home.
I had a female friend married to a well to do engineer. The had three kids. The guy was two timing her badly, sleeping outside, coming home in the morning etc, but she never broke up cuz her family (and his family too!!!) encourage her to "hold on to god cuz he was going to fix her marriage", and hold on she did, for like 10 long years until one day he walked out the door and moved with his mistress. I guess god can't do everything.
- DR is a poor country with high unemployment, typically women are hit the hardest in tough economic environment so they would sacrifice some happiness for some financial security.
- Women lag behind men in education (in DR), it is typical in DR a woman would sacrifice, work a couple of shift, help the guy with college assignment so he can get his degree, once that happens she will find herself in the condition described above. Also in DR men encourage women not to seek jobs and stay home with the kids.
- Lack of proper family planning, once a girl has a baby (or babies!!!) it is hard for her to break the cycle of dependency, even if the marital condition warrant it.
- It is deeply embedded in Dominican culture men will get lot of women, since they are babies everybody tell them "tu va' tene' muchisimas novias". Women on the other hand can hardly afford to look promiscuous, once that line is crossed she will be forever "esa cuero 'el diablo, maldita puta vagamunda"
- Dominicans are deeply religious, Christianity (especially Catholicism) teach people to avoid at all cost to break the marriage. It also teaches "not to pay attention to suffering in this world but to focus instead in the afterlife", that is an explosive combination that expels doom for the weakest link at home.
I had a female friend married to a well to do engineer. The had three kids. The guy was two timing her badly, sleeping outside, coming home in the morning etc, but she never broke up cuz her family (and his family too!!!) encourage her to "hold on to god cuz he was going to fix her marriage", and hold on she did, for like 10 long years until one day he walked out the door and moved with his mistress. I guess god can't do everything.