What I meant was simply that a victim is a victim and not a member of a particular group. Men are equally victimized in family violence. It's not my number. I didn't pull it out of a hat. It's a number that comes from a long line of Stats Canada surveys over many years. In fact, I can quote you the lines. It also comes from most western countries. The Atlanta Centers for Disease Control has similar numbers.
When you look at domestic violence in terms of death rates, you're looking at an extreme end of the bell curve. When you look at domestic violence in terms of verbal abuse, you're looking at the other end of the bell curve. The centre of the bell curve is where most of the domestic violence occurs. Most of the domestic violence is bilateral, with each partner at times initiating and at times responding over long periods of time.
I'm happy to give you the large studies and the many studies that say that.