At my school, I recently had an assembly where one of the topics was about domestic abuse. One of the teachers announced there were self-defense classes for girls and they said that guys are the main culprits, after saying that 98% of all domestic abuse victims are female. Now I understand that this is still a huge problem amongst this topic with women, probably for a much longer time than with men, but what I want to know is that if the figure I mentioned above was correct? I'm only asking this because I thought this seems exaggerated.

By saying this, I do not mean to offend anyone by this, because I understand, regardless of what sex you are, that this is a sensitive topic. The reason why I am asking this is because of all the stories of abuse of younger boys by older women both in the news and on this subreddit. Or, is this because that this happens on such a regular basis against more vulnerable women, not taking into the account of the gender of the abuser, is the reason for us not hearing about it in the media?

The problem of domestic abuse is widespread and everything should be done to stop such a thing from happening. But, is it unfair to judge other men on being the abuser in a relationship? Although this is a stereotype that has remained throughout history in various forms, are there legitimate facts to th