First, he knows he may be laughed at. Both of these reactions are blaming the victim. He has to take sole responsibility for the violence. There s no excuse. That s different.
Men are so much more powerful that women.
Not when he s asleep and she has a knife. Not when she throws a heavy object at him. Jerry Medol of Alternatives to Anger in Kansas City says that domestic violence is a dance involving both partners. Professor Steinmetz agrees, holding up Indianapolis as a model. They have consolidated all domestic violence-related agencies under one agency.