Good subject Bob, I know first hand what this like from my Ex wife, i have been stabbed and had many things thrown at me let alone all the slapping etc, the worst was the mental abuse, I eventually left her after such an episode, I never went to the police simply because it was never serious enough to warrant polive intervention. The stabbing, while it obviously sounds serious and could have been more serious it was not much more than a fleash wound from a carving fork. I can handle myself very well with any guy but I will never harm a Woman and detest men hitting women, my problem was that I always felt that by physically defending myself or restraining her in any way may have harmed her I never did defend myself. The stigma attached to a male being beaten by a female means most of these attacks will never get reported and I suppose im guilty of that as well to a degree.