[e40]

Although .... When I lived in London I stopped a guy from beating up his girlfriend (he was, simply put beating her along the street). I had the girlfriend start attacking me with her stiletto

A friend in Amsterdam stopped a guy in the process of beating a woman on the street. He had to disable the guy (with a strike) to get him to stop. The woman promptly attacked my friend.

I think it's very common in domestic violence situations for the receiver to defend the aggressor.

[wintermuteblog]

Yes I have heard this too. Basically, the receiver is with their partner, for other reasons. And hence tend to downplay the significance of the violence.

[bowyakka]

I too had heard that, it makes me wonder how much goes unreported, undiscovered and unresolved :(