Ultimately, I believe the media reflects what we as a society value. If we don't want to see violence against women, we should make that known to the executives who run the networks. Threaten to stop watching. If they lose viewers, they lose advertisers. If they lose advertisers, they lose money.
Money usually talks.
The rules of column writing say that I should describe a problem and then offer a solution. Well, I don't have the solution. I don't have the power to change the situation. I can only encourage women to make your signals clear, be careful and report any assault against you to the police. And I can only encourage the men who are responsible for the problem to follow the examples of the men out there who respect women and their wishes.