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For those of us saying that women are more often victims than men in domestic violence --
Incidents, here are the actual statistics from CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/06/us/domestic-intimate-partner-violence-fast-facts/
U.S. deaths 1980-2008 (from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Overall - Almost one out of five or 16.3% of murder victims were killed by an intimate partner.
Women - Women account for two out of three murder victims killed by an intimate partner. The number of women killed by an intimate partner fell from 43% in 1980 to 38% in 1995, but rose to 45% in 2008.
Men - The number of men killed by an intimate partner fell from 10.4% in 1980 to 4.98% in 2008.
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A lot of other statistics relating to domestic/partner victimization in the above article.