it's easy when you are taught to react to most negative situations with violence, usually by being the subject of violence. If you are beaten as a child routinely, you are taught that the correct way to treat a subordinate(this can be a child, a lower-level coworker, a wife or any woman, depending on context) when they misbehave is with violence. "Misbehave" can mean annoy or just be around, depending on how abusive the beater is.