Women reporting DV do encounter victim remorse. They blame themselves, They think that he will change. They worry about the fuss they have caused. Where will I live. How will I support myself.
Now this woman has to deal with all guns blazing Chris Murphy who clearly intends to make her look like the guilty party. Like saying that the sexual assault victim "led him on" in cross examination.
Argh.
The literature says that women (on average) leave their partners about six times and return - before making the final split. Not sure where they get their figures or how accurate they are, but it certainly gives an indication of just how hard it is to leave a dominating and controlling man. I hate them. They give the rest of us blokes a bad name.