Question regarding spanking

So most people are well aware that spanking is not effective and is actually harmful to children’s brain development. If you disagree then you are wilfully ignoring the research because you want to hit your child for no reason. But that’s not the topic of discussion here. I wanted to ask if anyone agrees on this point specifically.

As a child I was spanked for doing something wrong so I grew up thinking that was normal. So I got into an abusive relationship straight out of high school where my boyfriend would hit me if I did something “wrong” (such as not being polite enough to his friends or family for his liking or also being too polite to his friends and family, saying hi to any man, trying to have my own friends, etc). But I thought it was normal for my boyfriend to hit me because I was raised that way. I’m just wondering if anyone else agrees that spanking can lead to children ending up in abusive relationships because it’s what they know and were raised with? It’s not something that I see being brought up in the argument against spanking so was just wondering if it’s just me.