Cologal, I have to respectfully disagree with you here.

Men are FAR less likely to report spousal abuse because of the stigma of "letting a woman beat you up". Last I read, only 4% of reported cases were men being abused but authorities suspected it was far worse.

You only hear about the celebrated cases where a certain piece of the anatomy gets cut off. Then it's followed by the "she must have been driven to it" stories and only a year or so later, when the court cases have run their course does the truth come out.

I know a bit about this because my ex-wife assaulted me on more than one occasion and threatened me (flashing a curved foot-long 3-inch wide blade at me once) - fortunately it wasn't often.. But it was often enough that I feared for my property when the divorce finally started to happen. I was very paranoid back then.

I would agree that it is MORE OFTEN men than women committing abuse, but the scales are not tipped as much as people think they are.