Both women and men can be victim to abuse because not only one gender does the abuse both female and male is capable of abuse in many different ways such as physically emotionally and mentally abuse . Theres no better person when it comes to abuse but people should know when its self defence or abuse cause most people get the two mixed up . Abuse only happens when one partner or the other has low self esteem and always wants things to go their way and never have the time to think about the other partners feelings , because they believe that if they abuse the person it will help release stress and make them feel better about themselves when in actual effect that makes them a victim in many different ways . Abuse is not the way to life .