Guys I think you know, what married couples choose to do in the bedroom is not the topic of this thread. And it's not something that needs to be discussed in regards to this thread.
The question posed is... "Is it biblically permissive to beat one's wife?"
This a serious and even dangerous issue for some women. This isn't something that anyone should take lightly.
In reality, abuse does happen in some marriages. Some women have to walk on egg shells around their husbands for fear of what he might do. Never knowing when she is going to be berated, yelled at, cursed, or hit for doing something he didn't like or agree with...like maybe cooking steak not knowing he wanted chicken, talking too much or not talking enough, being too happy or not being happy enough etc. etc. ect. or whatever depending upon his mood. Constantly worried and living in fear never knowing what might set him off.
I'm not saying that anyone here agrees with that type of behavior, but the intent of this thread is discussing if that type of behavior is Biblically permissive.
So can you imagine a woman....maybe your sister or daughter....having to go through this type of situation. And the only counsel she got was from "the Spanky Mcspank a lot foundation" or whatever the name is of founders of the article that was cited here.