Wallace on 1 Peter 1:3-7 and wife abuse

At Parchment and Pen, Greek scholar Dan Wallace attempts to answer the question, “What does it look like for a complementarian husband to treat his wife properly?”:

“A friend wrote to me recently, asking why I haven’t written anything about wife abuse on Parchment & Pen. She urged me to do it because, according to her, complementarianism is rich soil in which to grow this kind of wickedness (she’s an egalitarian). Now, I could dispute the merits of that viewpoint, but I’ll pass. Instead, I want to take a pro-active position on what the Bible says about how a husband should treat his wife. I’ll talk about the do’s and don’t’s …”

1 Peter 3:7 reads as follows (ESV):

“Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you [1] of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.”

FYI
(From Theopedia): complementarianism - “the theological view that although men and women are created equal in their being and personhood, yet they are created to complement each other via different roles in life and in the church.”