A sorry state of affairs

I was teaching the expression "used to" to one of my more advanced classes (all boys), and the example in the text was about changing as a result of marriage. i.e. "Tino used to eat out a lot, but now he eats at home" Some of the follow-up questions were about the advantages and disadvantages of marriage. The first things my students said were "Uhh....husband drinking....fighting wife...." making hitting motions in the air. This was slightly disturbing, but I thought maybe it was just my class. Meanwhile in the other advanced class (mostly girls) Amy was having the same conversation with her kids. The first thing the girls said about disadvantages was getting hit by their husbands as well! We were shocked when we compared notes. :( Anecdotal? I wish, but not likely that they would all jump to that answer first in two different classes purely by chance.