Thesis? :^)
Well, abuse tends to run in families, so I think there's a flaw in your hypothesis. :) As Pat Benatar sang (I never thought there'd be a chance to seriously quote Pat Benatar) 'love and pain become one and the same in the eyes of a wounded child'. In other words, kids learn that violence is the way to solve problems, and that the unhealhy violent situation they are used to is 'normal'. It takes a strong person (either male or female) to break the cycle.
I don't know. In my family we quit being victims once my mother left my father. He was one mean bastard. The real issue is children grow up watching how their parents interact with each other and pick up those behaviors. Hence the cycle repeats itself over and over. The only way to break it is to realize that you are indeed able to overcome and not be a victim and to educate yourself on the typical patterns that abusers have.
If people would learn how to pay attention to the red flags they would almost all of the time avoid being a victim. I lived through an abusive father and if a man ever even threatens to hit me I will not take it. I will not stay and I will not be manipulated in going back either.
There are other types of problems of course with kids growing up in a fatherless home. If people would just learn how to respect others life would be so much more pleasant.