[ReneeLynn]

Okay, including Tiger Woods in this was NOT a good idea.

[mnehring]

Sorry, Tigger deserved a 3 iron to the head. That isn’t domestic violence, it is poetic justice.

[ClearCase_guy]

Way back in the 1970's I had a crazy Anthropology professor who spent most of each class ranting about domestic violence. I once brought up a NYT article that discussed women hitting men, and I thought she was going to kill me. "Men can take it!" she hissed. "Or are they such sissies that they're afraid of women??"

This sort of attitude by the true believers in the field of domestic violence may explain the "lack of research" about men being abused.

[CaptRon]

I was an invetigator for the Fanmily Court here in my home conty. This goes on a lot more than anyone knows.

[DuncanWaring]

The Female of the Species.

[swarthyguy]

A HUGE double standard.

If a man did that(the golf club and window smashing and cell fone as a weapon) to his philandering wife, he’d be in so much trouble, he’d be wishing he’d let her continue to screw around on him.

[goldstategop]

No man should be beaten by a woman. Men have to take abuse because male training tells them its unmanly to hit a woman even in self-defense. Domestic violence is wrong period, regardless of the gender of the perpetrator. As a society we need to acknowledge domestic violence isn't an exclusively female problem; its a very real human problem and there should be zero tolerance for it - regardless of the sex of the victim.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[SamuraiScot]

"Domestic violence" is a judgment call. It does not generally belong in the criminal code unless there is a dead body involved. It was the lesbian, anti-family social workers and lawyers in recent decades who brought the all-knowing, all caring State into family disputes.

Bad husbands are bad. But in years past, civilization did not therefore grind to a halt; the existence of the wife's father and brothers gave the vast majority of husbands reason to be relatively reasonable and respectful. And I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't more domesticated violence against men now because the women know they can call the law and claim victimhood if the husband whacks them back.

But maybe more to the point, far and away the highest rate of domestic violence isn't between husbands and wives. It's in couples who are cohabiting or "dating" (in the, er, Biblical sense). Intimacy before all the pieces are in place can be an explosive mixture. The population of unmarried couples includes many who don't know that much about their "partner," or even if they do, haven't given their families a real stake in the bond, as happens in a marriage. And that group also includes a great many short-fused people not psychologically stable enough for marriage.

[TigersEye]

For male victims of domestic violence, the legal system can become another tool for abuse. As in the Moon case, battered men are often likely to find themselves arrested, even when they are the ones who call the police. And, even after the arrest, the process of incarceration, restraining orders, divorce court and child custody hearings continue to disadvantage men.

Also loss of your right to keep and bear arms. Say bye bye to your gun collection.

The bottom line is odds are strong that a man who defends himself, and the authorities get involved, will lose big time. You might be able to defend yourself physically, if you are strong enough and fast enough (assuming you are awake and know what's coming), but try keeping someone from calling the cops or inflicting injury on themselves and accusing you of doing it.