Shas Against Women?

See http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331148028&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Jerusalem Post Article of today.

"According to the Israel Women's Network, there are approximately 10,000 agunot/ mesuravot get (women denied divorce) in the country. In my view, this is likely an understatement. After all, there is not a single aguna who is not also an abused spouse. Understandably, a man who uses the get as a threat against his wife, who holds her freedom over her head often for years or decades, does not get this way overnight. Abuse is gradual, left to fester through repeated patterns of verbal and emotional violence. According to a University of Haifa study, one out of every seven women in Israel is in an abusive relationship. We can all do the math. That's a lot of women likely to become agunot."

Powerful words. How do our faithful rabbanim respond to such allegations? Thoughts?