I think that no matter WHO is beaten up or WHO does it, it should be treated the same as if it was done by a stranger. Violence is violence and you are none the less beaten up or dead if the person who does it is your spouse, partner or family member. Severe beatings should be called what it is ...."attempted murder" and treated as such.

It will continue until the punishment is worse than the actual crime itself. NO ONE should have to live in fear and the idea that it makes a person look so "manly" or "macho" is stupid.

Young people in school need to be taught the signs to look for so they can avoid these people. I learned in my early teens and I stayed clear of those people all of my life.