Intimidation

I certainly didn't say that it was easy. You have decided that I am suggesting that.
I am simply saying that it is not fair to blame a situation entirely on someone else, much less an entire gender, when you have more than a 50% share in the cause.

I am quite certain that men do not have an agenda to go out there and find a woman with low self-esteem so that they can manipulate them.

Have you ever considered that it's the women who should work on their self-image and make sure that they are stable and confident before heading out to market? And if the women are too immature to recognize this about themselves then maybe the parents should ensure that their daughters have a strong sense of self-worth before allowing them out.

Save for a very limited (and twisted for that matter) portion of the population I'm sure that nobody wants to be in a relationship with someone, be they male or female, simply to make them feel crap about themselves or to abuse them.

And if the woman stays in an abusive relationship because she thinks she is worthless then isn't she making the choice herself?

Nowhere in all of this am I saying that getting out of an abusive relationship is easy. It is difficult. And it is even more difficult to get out of one that is emotionally abusive; since there is little to no physical evidence of the abuse to motivate you. But this does not mean that the woman has no responsibility in it.