"Because, if you read the comments, the takeaway for a large number of make readers is that someone unfairly blamed them personally by saying "men" instead of "a number of men". That offends them and is the main problem society must tackle - how do we protect the feelings of men?"
I find it really strange that sectors of society see any reporting of men's violence as unfair to men's feelings. That they have been blamed for all the ills that the men in question have caused. I read stories of women who have abused their children, I don't take it personally because I am aware that I haven't abused my children, and that I never will. If you are not a violent man, how can you take it personally? Why do men and some women automatically react to reports like this with... 'Waaaaaa! You're just being mean to men'?
Almost all violence to women and girls is carried out by men, men that they know, men that they trust. Almost all violence toward men is carried out by men. Yet, whenever this subject is brought up, we inevitably have
(a) someone telling us that men are victims and posting figures from an MRA blog which state that more men are victims of DV from women than the other way round. No one ever states that men aren't victims too, but this is a feminist board, so we will naturally want to discuss how the issue affects women.
(b) someone telling us that not all men are violent. Well, duh!
(c) women are randomly violent too.
It seems that it is impossible to have a sensible conversation about men's violence, without it turning into a bun fight and a 'what about the poor menz' thing.