You can't summarize a 4-paragraph nuanced discussion with "Because it is." by cherry-picking one sentence from one study. Even the Wikipedia link, which is likely to be biased in the direction of older research simply due to the volume, points out that there is significant debate around this.
Recent studies conclude with a much more equal gender distribution among victims, as OP points out.
For anybody wondering if there is a difference between domestic abuse and domestic violence, according to the legal system, in the US, there is no clear delineation.
"Although some states use the term domestic violence while others use domestic abuse, the terms describe similar conduct."
If you're going to disagree with someone, it's your responsibility to substantiate that disagreement. If that's too much of an effort, best not to say anything at all.
Here is a quote from wikipedia, from a sentence with 3 citations at the end of it:
"there is a large body of cross-cultural evidence that women are subjected to domestic violence significantly more often than men."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence#Gender_diffe...