Yes, there is violence directed against men, but domestic violence is proportionately greater male to female. I remember, when I was in Year Seven, the same kid who gave a graphic description of being caned at school saw me eating my lunch and his mother was volunteering at the canteen. He tried to knock my lunch out of my hands and all she did was gasp! A few months later, he was hitting me and it hurt and he said, "I hurt my Mum." And I thought, "What?" and he replied, after I voiced it, "I'm not like you. I don't put up with, "Do this," "Do that."" I mentioned it to my mother and I asked what his father would do about it and she replied, "Maybe he hits her, too."

One thing that Western Society needs to get out of its collective head is that not every man who is an abuser sits around in a t-shirt with the sleeves ripped off and a pair shorts, with tattoos up his arms and legs who smokes marijuana and/or tobacco and drinks beer. There are men who look perfectly respectable in business suits and shirts who, behind closed doors, are abusers. A woman special to me was abused by her ex-husband and after she left him, he went to The Philippines and married a woman who looks young enough to be his daughter!

When a woman escapes her violent partner, the time immediately afterwards is the most dangerous and when she is most vulnerable.

There is no simple way to reduce domestic violence because attitude is the hardest thing to change. I mean, in Australia, I watch some police shows (real ones) and they have pulled people over driving unroadworthy vehicles, driving on suspended licences and the rest. You can impound a person's car, you can suspend their licence, you can impound a car that they're driving. You can educate men about respect for women, but you can't easily change attitude.