Modern American institutions materially benefit from gendered economic hierarchies that rely on the normalization of female exploitation, under-enforcement of male violence, and systemic minimization of trafficking and coercion.

This is not a claim about individual morality. It is a structural claim about incentives.

Male violence and sexual exploitation are treated as episodic criminal deviations rather than as economic and institutional phenomena. The result is predictable: under-prosecution, fragmented data collection, jurisdictional buck-passing, reputational shielding, and institutional protection of perpetrators.

When enforcement is inconsistent, power consolidates.

The United States presents itself as a nation of equal protection under law. Yet enforcement disparities — particularly around sexual violence and trafficking — suggest that gendered harm is not treated with structural urgency.

If half the population experiences chronic under-enforcement of crimes disproportionately committed against them, then the promise of equal citizenship is compromised.

The path forward is not rhetorical war. It is structural reform:

• Enforce existing laws equally and consistently.
• Establish transparent, nationwide data collection on violence against women.
• Remove institutional incentives that shield abusers.
• Audit the interaction between public funding, religious exemptions, and gender discrimination.

A liberal democracy cannot credibly subsidize institutions whose internal doctrines structurally subordinate women while simultaneously claiming to uphold equal protection.

Religious freedom protects belief. It does not require the state to financially or legally privilege institutions whose practices undermine equal citizenship.

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Structural Support for Religious Institutions (Current Framework)

The United States provides substantial structural protections and benefits to religious organizations, including:

1. Tax-Exempt Status

• Qualification under 501(c)(3)
• Federal income tax exemption
• Tax-deductible donations
• State-level property and sales tax exemptions
• Automatic qualification for churches without standard nonprofit filing requirements

2. Property & Land Use Protections

• Enhanced protections under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)

3. Employment Exemptions

• Faith-based hiring preferences
• Ministerial exception limiting employment litigation

4. Conscience Protections

• Religious exemptions in specific regulatory contexts

5. Public Funding Eligibility

• Access to grants for secular services
• Voucher eligibility in certain states

6. Constitutional Protections

• Free Exercise Clause
• Establishment Clause framework

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Proposed Reform Principle

Public structural support should be contingent upon compliance with constitutional equality norms.

Belief remains free.

State subsidy should not be.