The largest domestic violence study ever undertaken was done by Straus, Gelles, and Steinmetz. As of 2002 there have been over one-hundred-and-thirty scientific studies supporting their pioneering work. Their results are among the most replicated of all studies in the social sciences.

However, it is widely ignored that the same studies consistently found that an equal number of men were experiencing domestic violence and an even greater number, 2.2 million men per year*, are being seriously assaulted by their female partners.

*As opposed to 1.8 million women per year. Severe violence is defined: To kick, bite, or hit with a fist; burn; scald; to hit or try to hit with an object; to beat up the other; to threaten with a knife, gun, or other deadly weapon; to use a knife, gun, or other deadly weapon.