This is someone I know through e-mail

[Veilex]

3. I'm also familiar with numerous cases...

where men were involved in relationships where the female was abusive, and the men generally were forced to leave because of claims of violence on the part of the woman. In quite a few cases, I knew both partners, and, except for two instances, the female partner was, without a doubt, the cause of the domestic problems.

Washington may be a liberal leaning state... but sometimes that doesn't mean much.