Even if the man has not struck back though, he is still guilty until proven innocent and can be tossed from his home like trash with a civil protection order. The victim is removed because he does not have innocence proving physical attributes - he is not a woman and is not smaller. America seems to be obsessed with size, as though smallness or physical weakness had something to do with mental stability or the desire to control. Regarding testosterone, I have only this to say. Along with the strength and size issues, this is a common excuse for the abuser.
Supposedly men are more aggressive because of testosterone.
Women just must have more then, because the abusers use it as an excuse to abuse. It is ok, she says. I can abuse because he is stronger and larger and more aggressive. My own aggression is always a defense, she rationalizes. What is pathetic is that she is so fearless that she doesn't bother to hide her abuse.