Owlkat, I certainly feel as strongly as you do about violence against women; it should not be tolerated by any society, explicitly or implicitly. I think and hope that most of my fellow US citizens agree with me on this. There are many injustices in the world, and many in my own country. We in the US are not perfect, legally or culturally.

However, our failure to adequately protect everyone in our society does not equate to "the state's implicit approval" of acts of violence. The last time I checked, the legal penalties for murdering a woman were the same as for murdering a man. And most people I know -- people who might well sit on juries dealing with these very issues -- would be inclined to treat both crimes with equal seriousness, and issue the same penalties regardless of the sex of the victim. You have drastically overstated US society's acceptance of violent crime against women, and I think this overstatement hurts your credibility, and possibly your cause. I would suggest that you consider whether more temperate statements would make your point more effectively.