Violence comes in many forms, but mainly in domestic violence and non-domestic violence.

Stranger violence is most likely to be male to male. A man gets hit by another man in the street or in a bar. While a man is the perpetrator in these situations, a man is also the victim.

Domestic violence against children is most likely to be perpetrated by the mother than the father. In fairness, women also spend more time with the children than men do, but this does not excuse the actions.

There is some debate over whether partner-partner domestic violence is perpetrated more by men or women. It is certainly true that there are very few support groups for men who are victims, and also an incredible social cost for a man to report domestic violence. Society will view a battered wife with support, sympathy and money. A battered husband will be greeted with disbelief, scorn, ridicule and accusations of being the actual perpetrator.

None-the-less wife-bashing is a real problem experienced by many women. However unlike being attacked by a stranger, or abused by a carer, many of these these women choose to stay with an abusive partner. How should someone regard a women who claims to have been beaten several times a week for twenty years?

Feminists try to use psychological gobbledygook about 'battered wife syndrome' and 'societal pressure', but the genders were reversed we would just call the man stupid. Feminism presents a dreadful double standard.

To suggest that women are in general exploited by men in this regard is ridiculous. If adults are in situations of domestic violence they have the option of removing themselves from it.

This is an example of a feminist double standard.