This notion at best is in dispute and at worst disproven. Evidence to the contrary has been shown in multiple studies:

Murray Straus

In fact, there is an article in Medium that highlights Straus’s work

https://medium.com/@vinodhrajaraman/domestic-violence-myths-and-facts-d57083bd0e71

Here is a video where Straus talks about his research and the backlash from the Feminist community. Just sayin…I’m not anti-feminist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb4YbJQ9mXs

Studies that use conflict tactics scale typically find that households are mutually abusive. With women perpetrating abuse at nearly the same frequency as men.