reason for the rise is that people are no longer willing to stay inabusive marraiges now that much of the stigma is gone
Lets see: In western civilization, the divorce rate is over fifty percent. The more conservative civilizations are much less. The Hollywood relationship failure rate is about 87%.
By your deduction, western civilization breeds abusers and spouses more susceptible to abuse. OK.
So the more liberal one is, the more likely they are to abuse. Hmm.
Does this math add up?