I think that's perfectly reasonable, kmar. Separate facilities may make sense. I don't really know how the various shelters are set up; maybe in some cases there could be just a separate area in the same building.
One thing to avoid is the idea of strict equality, with 50% funding for each gender. If 90% of the victims are women, that's where 90% of the money should go. It ought to be needs-based, not dictated from some centralized office somewhere.
Also there's probably quite a lot of work to do on educating people about the *possibility* of men being victims of domestic violence; it's been so stereotyped as the other way around.
(one side note: the former Home Office minister is quoted as referring to "stupidnesses". This is not a real word in American English. Is it okay in the UK?)
PJ
