Maybe it’s just me but I’ve long suspected that they have some kind of arrangement, but he just gets sloppy and his indiscretions end up being public knowledge.
Do I think she’s a doormat? I’m undecided, however, I’m no expert but I think she fears she has a lot to lose by walking away, because she has already invested so much in the relationship.
Off topic- what is Dee short for?
Dee is short for Deirdre. Usually pronounced Deir-dra, not Deirdree like Mrs Barlow-Hunt-Langton-Rachid.
And I am as undecided as you.
I was thinking of Harvey Weinstein's wife., Georgina Chapman. She was a mediocre designer of frilly princess-type dresses, and when she married Weinstein, he bullied several of his biggest female stars to wear her frocks to the Oscars and other red carpets. He also got her a gig on Project Runway as a judge or presenter, can't remember which.
Anyway, she came out with a statement about how shocked and horrified she was when Weinstein's abuses came to light. I don't believe for a second he ever lifted a finger to her - I believe they had an arrangement in which he would support her career if she looked pretty on his arm and gave him children. (I'm basing this on the same impression I have of Melania Trump - I mean, how could anyone let those pigs touch them?) I think Chapman must have known about the abuse of young women but turned a blind eye, and she knew that she had to disown him immediately or she would go down with him.
Chapman had advantages that Dee doesn't - a marriage & access to lawyers of her own, an education, a career, and lots of high profile people on her side. So she got a huge settlement and a spread in Vogue, and a new relationship with Adrien Brody - another pig of a man - look at how he treated Halle Berry at the Oscars.
I think Dee, whether she has been physically harmed or otherwise coerced by McGregor or not, has nowhere to run and nobody to turn to if she wants an easy life. She has a choice, like Nikita did, she's just not brave or principled enough to take it.