That’s not correct. In Torah Judaism one needs “cause” that is recognized by halacha as valid for demanding a divorce. Without halachicly legal cause, there are no grounds to demand a divorce. And “unhappiness” is not a legally valid cause for divorce. That is true for both husband and wife. A husband (in Ashkenazic communities) is precluded from it based upon rabbinic regulations (Rabbeinu Gershom); a wife is precluded from forcing a divorce based upon Torah Law itself. (IOW, her spouse can legally and morally decline to divorce and insist the marriage continue.)
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