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What makes the wife’s “sin” of not submitting and enduring verbal or physical abuse by removing herself from the situation more grievous than her submitting to her husband’s request or demand to participate in sexual sin?

This is a serious question. I am wondering how Piper would rationalize his comments. If she can appeal to a higher authority–God, to not submit to the participation of sexual sin at her husband’s request, why can she not appeal to a higher authority–God, to not be a submissive participant to physical abuse. Isn’t she being complicit in the sin of physical abuse if she has the ability and means to remove herself and does not? Also, enduring physical and verbal abuse for a season (whatever that is) contradicts Grudem’s description of “intelligent and joyful submission” required of wives. Unless if she endures “sweetly” then I suppose the submission is partly right.