Is it normal to question this about relationships?

I think love is romanticized by those same sit coms and rom coms, and because of that society thinks real life should be the same thing, and when it isnt people give up right away. Hence its bullshit.

There is no good excuse for asking permission unless both parties in the relationship do it, if they dont, which is very rarely the case then its bullshit. And dont refute that, its ridiculous if you really sit there and try to tell me that women ask for permission from men anywhere near the amount that men do from women.

I'm saying many people get into relationships and then ultimately stay in them even if they are sort of unhappy just to keep up appearances, and then the other half of them just end in divorce, which is clearly a result of being unhappy.

I dont know why you seem to take it personally here, all I am doing is telling the truth. If you are happy in a relationship with being told what to do more often then you need to be, and accept it as just a "part of married life" then more power to you. I just think its bullshit.