I think some women definitely stay for financial reasons. Some women don't have families that they can turn too during a divorce. Others have no way of earning money, and no work experience.

Alimony isn't granted the moment you decide to leave your husband. It can take well over a year in court (which costs money) to make a case of alimony. What do you do in that time?

For many, the house, the car, the bank accounts are all in hubbies name. Until the courts tell him to, he can keep all of those things from you.

Not to mention that here your children are liable to be given to the husband without any consideration for the mother, or whose the better parent.