Oh FFS, schoolgirl pick at some old bones why don't you. 
Of course there are vile men in our culture, as there are in all others. BUT... Treating a woman badly, i.e anything less than equal is universally known as not acceptable in our culture.
This is not the case in cultures such as the one I 'married' into. It is the norm, it is to be expected and in some cases is encouraged by the mothers and female relatives themselves.
Why do I hate my 'H' so much? because he knew better, before we left the UK, and he still reverted to the way his culture is, AND defends them.
Abusers who attend workshops would be those that understood what they were thinking, doing and saying to be wrong. People like my 'H' don't see it as wrong, they see it as a right no matter WHAT you say to them. Yep, I said right, that is what 'H' has actually said to me.
My BFF there though has a great H, he does a decent share of the child rearing, he does listen to her and he only studied in the UK, but he didn't live anymore than 5yrs here.
My 'H' lived here from the end of the 80's. He was fair to begin with. But that changed when I had his DS and we moved to his land. Ok so I ended up picking a wrongun, but he was not an oddity in his culture, for many, many, most even, this is the norm, or even worse.
As I said, inter-national relationships DO work, they CAN work, BUT it depends on the adaptability of the individual. For both persons to adapt, understand, respect and accept the other person's background, culture, belief, needs and wants. That is nothing to do with race incidentally, this is about the personality of the individual, their emotional health.
To make it work in my scenario I would have had to be a totally surrendered wife, and accept that I was a lesser person. I would have to understand that his needs were always above anyone elses and that I would be hit if it was deemed necessary. I lost count of the times I would see young men hit, slap or intimidate their fiancées on the corniche outside my flat. Nothing was ever done or said to these men, and the attacks were all in broad daylight. H cousins saw the bruises, but they would say, yeah but he does llove you... so don't worry about it.
When we meet someone from our own country, we get to know them, we know about them from where they grew up, the area, the street, the region. We learn about them from their accent, their vocabulary, their education, their family, their friends.
Many many subtle ways of weighing up the person. When we meet someone who has come from a different place, it is harder to 'get' them, to appreciate the subtleties of their background. In many instances we have only their words to go on. If a person is good, with good intentions then there is no problem. But with people with personality disorders, potential abuse/control issues either learned or ingrained etc, if they are spinning you a yarn to get you to fall for them, it's harder to spot the subtle nuances that would ring alarm bells if the bloke came from down the road. I find that you can also dismiss things in a partner from another culture as being cultural that you wouldn't with a neighbour for example.
I lived in Brazil in my 20s. To begin with, before I was fluent in portuguese, I knew that people weren't getting me, as my vocab couldn't convey exactly what I wanted to say. As my language skills grew, I was better able to express myself.
My 'H' speaks very good english, better than most non-british people I know, but naturally it's not perfect. He has told me all about him, and I had no reason to disbelieve him. However tbh, in recent months i have heard reports of what he has said to others about me, about life and it has utterly thrown doubt on everything he told me when I first met him 10 years ago.
It IS harder to gauge a person outside our culture, not impossible, but more complicated in many ways, for both sides. Hindsight is something a 42 year old has an abundance of. I had NONE at 24, or even 34.
Again, i don't think I am being racist, I think given the history of this thread it's unhelpful to start picking at old bones and accuse others of racism when actually the only mistake made is of typed generalisation.
This is an internet forum, not an exam paper.