Seven main elements comprise the justice-making response to victimization, namely truth-telling, acknowledging the truth, compassion, protecting the vulnerable, accountability, restitution, and vindication for victims. However, there are limitations to justice-making, particularly for women in our society. For example, several fundamental assumptions about the nature of justice -- justice as fairness, maintenance of the status quo, and the protection of property -- is one. Many media portrayals of women project images of women as evil, seductive, and violent, and then justify their victimization. A primal fear that women will use self-defense to respond to their victimization and a desire not to see the violence against women makes justice for women hard to obtain. A standard of judgement must be developed that accounts for women's experiences and resources and that insures justice so that women who have killed their abusers in self defense can face the further injustice of the legal system and the community.