Editing Restraining order (section)

==Gender of parties==
Restraining orders most commonly protect a woman against a male alleged abuser. A California study found that 72% of restraining orders active in the state at the time protected a woman against an alleged male abuser.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=210425|title=Restraining Orders in California: A Look at Statewide Data|journal=Violence Against Women|doi=10.1177/1077801205276944|date=July 2005|volume=11|number=7|pages=912–933|pmid=16043577|vauthors=Sorenson SB, Shen H |s2cid=39711827 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015082903/https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=210425 | archive-date=October 15, 2006 | url-status=dead|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence uses female pronouns to refer to petitioners and male pronouns to refer to abusers due to the fact that most petitioners are women and most alleged abusers are men.<ref name="gender">{{cite web|title=Process for Obtaining a Restraining Order in Wisconsin|url=http://www.endabusewi.org/sites/default/files/resources/process_for_obtaining_a_restraining_order.pdf|work=WCADV|publisher=Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence |access-date=12 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310232414/http://www.endabusewi.org/sites/default/files/resources/process_for_obtaining_a_restraining_order.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-10 | url-status=dead}}</ref>