Back in the olden days, (and I'm talking old olden days), there was an expectation placed on women that their sole role in life was basically to serve a man. They were nothing without their husband. Being a wife was their entire identity.
So yeah, not such a great time to be a woman. Thankfully, it's 2019 and a woman has every right to be whatever kind of wife they want to be, if even a wife at all.
However, despite the progress we've made as a society, there are still some people who abide to a more...subservient kind of lifestyle.