Ojnab,
And how many men are driven to suicide by abuse I wonder? I know of one case from my extended family in which a young husband was literally driven mad by his abusive wife and ended up shooting himself.
We also have to wonder if men who grow up in violent homes are more likely to become victims themselves and whether a similar pattern of abuse occurs in men as in women. What I mean to say is that domestic violence often follows the woman, whether she's an abuser moving from one victim to another or a victim who's an easy target for violent, manipulative men, is the reverse true, does growing up in a violent home make men more susceptible to being abused?
I know of another example from my personal life where a family member was repeatedly assaulted by her partner, they split up and he's been nothing but a gentleman with his new de-facto, even standing by her after she became disabled by a back injury. In the mean time my female relative is winding up her second failed relationship with a man who while egregious and irresponsible in many respects also had no history of violence toward women before meeting her.

Jay of Melbourne, we three brothers because of trauma throughout our lives with a bashing mother towards our father, we have tried to overcome what we may feel should not happen in our relationships with our wives, but unfortunately at times something may be said by your wife which can reflect back to the abuse when young, this may not be intended as such by your wife, but it may sound like your mother to you in one of her rage & bashing fits, we have all suffered from depression in one form or another, if you had mentioned to her that she needed help it would be turned back to you,
that it was you that needed help, likewise with my father, it was a no win situation.
My blood boils when I watch programmes like Q&A with people like Natasha being only interested in women bashing, men are open to abuse the same as women with rape, it is not only a woman's issue.

follow the funding and just like mens health only a pittance is allocated to men who have been the victims of violence.The abc is not only unbalanced but a disgrace. What a mockery they made of that poor guy who had been beaten by a woman. I wonder if we are so keen on highlighting the amount of males committing violence why we avoid the rates among certain races. Well I think a few guys are well on to it already however Susie is stuck in her feminist rhetoric.

runner,
Another question that has to be asked, do violent men who are unhappy at home take out their frustration on other men out in public? What percentage of street bashings and road rage can be attributed to domestic violence?
It's also known that when we're talking about domestic violence we're talking about violent men and violent women in most cases, ie domestic violence is a problem mainly among people who are quarrelsome and violent in the home. Domestic violence doesn't afflict all homes, it's not all men and not all women who possess those traits but a stubborn minority who make up most of the statistics and use up most of the resources.

Susieonline, it is so easy to say why not go to the police, could a child of five do that when a knife was going to be used to kill you, blackmail comes in so well with women, your poor old mother, going to the police, what a disgrace, when I haven't done anything to warrant that, except bashed your husband, bashed all of your husbands wives because you took my boys away from me, Susie I hate to tell you but get in the real world, women are as bad as men with manipulation, smacking faces,screaming etc, you get in a relationship with a man who bashes you then turn that the other way around, then you will know what I am talking about. Killing the child was wrong, but did you live in that household to know what really went on, if so enlighten us all, we would love to know, Runner yours views are correct

Ojnab, the couple in question had never lived together apparently.
He was reported to suffer from an extreme form of mental illness and was homeless.
Are you suggesting there is EVER any good reason why a parent would kill a child?

As usual, these sort of threads have turned into a woman hatefest, and the usual blaming of women for all violence that men perpetrate.
I feel sorry for hate-filled people like many on this thread.
I will leave you all to it...