domestico violence against women should prevented by addressing male's psychological attitude

First of all I would like to reply by asserting that I have never heard of a men killed by his female partner!!!! In second instance the file attached in the first round completely missed a fundamental aspect that is the degree of the violence. As already known the domestic violence could be classified according to a wide range that proceeds from a simple psychological abuse to a daily continuous deprivation of female identity. My opponent claimed arguing that not only women are victims of domestic violence but still men suffer from abuse conducted by an intimate partner. I"m very glad he/she accepted this challenge. However I must point out that he/she completely missed the real topic of the debate. The issue to debate about dens"t concern to clear if the women are more o less abused than men. The aim of this debate is to establish which is the best way to struggle the domestic violence against women. From my point of view, as already written down in the introduction, there is a worldwide consensus to intervene when the violence has already occurred. Few efforts have been done to prevent the abuses. Many studies have been conducted to identify the causes that push a person to hurt her own partner. All these studies are retrospective analysis. I think the problem should be faced by encouraging the people who are particularly prone to exert violence to be cared before it"s too late. Than let me go to reply my opponent. The statistics should be interpreted and analyzed in depth. It"s true that some studies have reported that violence against men is as prevalent as violence towards women, but data coming out from courts, police, divorce records, emergency room demonstrate that the domestic violence usually recognize man as aggressor toward female. Defenders of the theory of sexual symmetry of violence object that these data are unrealistic because men usually are more reluctant than women to report violence by their wives. However a national survey indicate that women are much often victimized than men and the men are likelier than women to call police and to press charge against their spouses. As noted by a group of leading experts in marital violence in their 1992 published report entitled "The Myth of Sexual Symmetry in Marital Violence," what those who argue that men are reluctant or ashamed to report their wives" assault because of shame or chivalry overlook is that women have their own reasons to be reticent, fearing the loss of a jailed or alienated husband"s economic support as well as his vengeance. Moreover, enormous differences in meaning and consequences exist between a woman "pummelling" her laughing husband in an attempt to convey strong feelings and a man "pummelling" his weeping wife in an attempt to punish her for not doing what he wants. In addition, men are usually larger in size than women, and the most frequent reason for violence reported by women is self-defense. Consequently, it is necessary to analyze the abusive event in a holistic manner, with attention to the entire sequences of distinct acts as well as associated motives, intentions and consequences, all of which must in turn be situated within the wider context of the relationship. I"d like to invite my opponent to support the debate with solid discussions not limiting him/herself to cite article grasped in the web. There are many serious articles published that analyze the problem in depth avoiding to express quick and superficial opinions.