In 2014, 67 women were murdered in Chile due to gender reasons; however, only 40 were reported as femicide under current legislation that punishes only those murders of women by their partners or former partners, excluding other types of gender violence, resulting in death. This omission adds the fact that this type of crime has been recorded as femicidio in detriment of feminicidio, a name that is used in other parts of the world. This, because chilean state denies its share of responsibility in these crimes. Questioning the definition and rethink the laws designed to safeguard the lives of women should be the first step for a particular change in legislation, as well as in the consciousness of all the Chilean people.