I completely disagree.  I work with women in domestic abuse situations who are losing their souls.  Their husbands tell them that God hates divorce and will cease loving them if they don't knuckle down under their tyranny.  No, I don't believe that men are abused more often than women; stats don't show it and men don't seem to get it that they are in abusive "power over" situations with their wives and girlfriends.  I do not know what city your beat cops work in; maybe it's different there, but truly, it is a situation of male dominance and power over women.  There is an excellent book, "Why Does He Do That?  Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men" by Lundy Bancroft, who runs programs in Massachusetts for men convicted of domestic violence, and who have been court ordered into them.  It's excellent reading for anyone who wants to know more about the male mindset that would abuse the one person they had promised to love and cherish.