in a domestic abuse situation women are far far far more likely to survive abuse by a male. male domestic abuse victims are almost guaranteed to die. men might yell at and smack around their wives but women flat out murder their husbands. every fuckin time i see 'Rosie Batty' in the newspapers in australia you know its because somewhere buried in the newspaper is a small article talking about a 'domestic partner' who 'fatally injured' their spouse in a 'disagreement' - that is newspaper speak of 'woman killed husband in domestic dispute. on top of that there is the public enforcement - ill tell you straight up most security companies that work at shopping centres deal with domestic violence the exact same way - if a male is causing the issue you dogpile him and put him in cuffs and feel free to put him in pain because whatever, you collect every single bit of evidence you can, hand him over to the police and make sure he gets a charge *regardless* of whether the girlfriend/wife/whatever wants him to or not. If a *female* is the agressor you get in between them, you tell them to take it somewhere else, you escort the male out, you tell the woman to walk out of another exit, you delete the camera footage in case someone comes looking for it, and you never speak of it again.