A friend of mine was a DV recipient. When he called the DV hotline, they sent him to a recording telling him not to beat his wife. When he tried to go to group counseling the women verbally and emotionally abused him and after the 3rd meeting the counselor threw him out.
He had nowhere to go. Every support treated him like he was the abuser.
They sent female cops to the ER, who then mocked him.