DA. While everyone is aware of him having some rage issues due to the tirade against the poor guy who was fiddling with the lighting while Bale was acting a scene from the last Terminator flick, I think it is an overstatement to definitively state that he is "misogynist and physically abusive to the women in his life, including his mother and sister."

This claim is referring to an argument that took place in the Dorchester Hotel in 2008-ish. Exactly what they were arguing about wasn't ever specified - some people said money, some said no, but this recent article does state "Jenny admits her daughter Sharon did put a “proposition” to Christian, who is worth an estimated £30million, about people she was working with."

Full article here - you can probably google for others:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/christian-bales-mum-reveals-heartbreak-3062215