عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : استوصوا بالنساء فإن المرأة خلقت من ضلع وإن أعوج شيء في الضلع أعلاه فإن ذهبت تقيمه كسرته وإن تركته لم يزل أعوج فاستوصوا بالنساء ( صحيح بخاري #3331 )

Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “Ensure that you accept my command to treat women kindly, for indeed a woman has been created from a rib, and the most crooked portion of the rib is the upper portion. Hence, if you try to straighten her (entirely), you will break her, and if you leave her (with correcting her with compassion, but not straightening her completely) then she will remain with (slight) crookedness. Therefore ensure that you accept my command to treat women kindly.”