[Cathryn Crawford]

You two have had your share of bad relationships. Glad I've missed out on those. :-)

Woman on man violence does happen. Think about the woman who hits her boyfriend or husband with a baseball bat and then charges her boyfriend with abuse when he restrains her. I've seen it happen.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

You two have had your share of bad relationships. Glad I've missed out on those. :-)

I only had one like that. That's all it took.

I, too, have known men who had to get physical to stop an attack from a woman. Women get the benefit of the doubt in domestic abuse situations, but they shouldn't always. It can't be easy for law enforcement to sort that out.

[Scenic Sounds]

You two have had your share of bad relationships

LOL. One of my best ones ended in divorce. As you know, we're still very good friends. ;-)

[shaggy eel]

Q: What's the first thing a man does when he gets out of the battered husbands' shelter?

A: The dishes, if he knows what's good for him.

[GladesGuru]

Several laywers have told me that they know of many cases where people have been jailed for long periods over "abuse" cases where the facts did not support conviction. Yet the new legal mechanisms mandate such sentences.

The historic concept of innocent until proved guilty is much weakened by these laws. It is of interest to me that many of these laws serve primarily to increase the number of non-productive agency employees dealing with 'created" violations. Such is the inevitable consequence of allowing government out of the strict limitations of the Constitution.

By "Constitution" I refer to the US Constitution. Here in my home state of Floriduh we use our constitution to regulate pig pens. Coincidently, we also used the state constitution to mandate maximum class size.