I believe anyone can be brought to the brink of doing something so out of characture that they end up the opposite of themselves.
Icemaiden, do you mean you can't justify anyone being roughed up or women in particular? Women who want equality and bully like a man can, in my oppinion, be treated like one.
Although I agree he should of got out of the relationship sooner how long do women take to get out of abusive relationships? How many lashout out of fear and self loathing at what they have become?
If a woman lashes out at an abusive partner she is doing it out of self defence if a man does the same he is vilified and regardless of what she has done it would appear she can say what she likes and get believed.
Have you ever seen a pack of baying animals on a (not particuly saturday) night out. Abusive to anyone and everyone? Fighting because they want to, because they can but mostly because they are women and can palm a lot of their behaviour off as someone elses fault.
A bully is a bully regardless of them being a man or woman.
Sorry to waffle on so much but it makes my blood boil when people say women deserve to be treated differently just because they are women.