Sure, men can be more violent, the point is that even if the the mother is terrible, it's difficult to protect the child. It's like the grooming gang in Rochdale, UK, where the police and authorities were scared about appearing racist thus letting these bastards get away with it. Only after the press got involved the police were forced to act and put loads of them away, only it was years too late.
Cut the political correctness nonsense or bring in merciless punishment, but the UK is super lenient - that's another problem in the UK.