Yooo true! Ancient time, was more patriarchy than modern time. Women don't have much value. I understand why it's hard to "just" Run away. Like you, I also ran away from home when I was elementary school. My parents were super toxic abusive but pretty good gaslighting skill. They managed to have "good parents" Image. So every time I ran away, I will be returned home by people who found me. Then I realized as a kid, I couldn't work, and I m very dependent on adult to get food, clothes, home and education. So I endured living with them until I got a job and I finally left home. The point is, it's not easy to just run away without proper plan or money and skill. Sometimes it annoys me how many readers hope the FL suddenly can "beat the abuser" Or "run away".
Great to see some of it like this that not all women can easily be like you imagine like running is so easy. In ancient time women are pitiful easy to manipulate. Not like now that you can ran away with or without money you can sleep anywhere no worries at all . I did that when I was 15. I survived 3 months before my mother pick me up. Tyi I just run because of some teenage shit drama ,my parents are very ok I'm their last child but I know they love me..
They did not report me to the police because I regularly contact them that I'm ok at my friend's house but not telling where I am..
My experience in trying to run away is sucks you can always meet bad people as someone tried to drag me to some alley but luckily I got Ninja moves and run like my heart can bust any moment then my knees are shaking I stayed still an hour before I breath normal I fucking want to go back home but part of me saying " I got this I want to experience this" so I sleep in a 24 7 com shop. So on ....