The Domestic Violence system is RIGGED against men - PERIOD !! There are virtually NO provisions for women abusing men. Nanci Kriedman can look up the numbers, women are overwhelmingly the abused - NO QUESTION. But there are MANY women who abuse men. Last I checked, the statistics say it's up to over 4% of DV cases. That isn't including the shame men feel IF they report it. I DID and HPD sent an officer that laughed at me for reporting my ex-wife threw an object at my head, in front of my 8 year old daughter. Then, she falsely reported a threat to her life from me. Thank God for Detective Garcia, who researched our case and discovered phone records  that made it impossible for me to have made any threats. However, they did NOT charge her for making a false report just threatened they would if she did it again !! Think if it was a male no charges would have been filed ???? Domestic Violence works in many ways. Is VERBAL abuse better or worse than physical abuse, all you 'experts" ???