Ethnocentric View Of Honor Killings

In Italy, every year, several hundred women die at the hands of their husband, boyfriend or ex-partner. While several anthropological studies from before the 1980s address honor and honor killings in Southern Italy, contemporary anthropology fails to address the intimicides that occur in the 21st century. In Italy, these homicides are frequently called femicides and are often seen as successors of honor killings.

Honor based violence and domestic violence are two common forms of violence that exist in our world today, and they have for many years (Devaney, 2014; Hague, Gill, & Begikhani, 2013; Olwan, 2013). Honor based violence covers a wide variety of violent acts performed by a male relative that are done in order to preserve family honor (Eshareturi, Lyle, & Morgan, 2014), and this type of violence is associated most often with Middle Eastern nations (Belfrage, Strand, Ekman, Hasselborg, 2012; Olwan, 2013; Standish, 2014). Domestic violence is an umbrella term for a variety of actions such as rape, as well as assaults of both the physical and verbal varieties (Policastro, & Payne, 2013). While the rationale and execution of each of these types of violence varies (Chesler, 2010; Eshareturi et al., 2014), there are underlying similarities that exist among both.

The article by Meetoo and Miraz define extreme forms of domestic violence, which often lead to the death of a woman at the hands of her loved ones or community. Interestingly, "honour" only arises as a motivation for murder when religion or ethnic communities are involved. In the article, the author asserts that ethicized women (women of colour and other minorities) who are victims of honour killings are unrecognized in both multicultural discussion and domestic violence discussion. Since 9/11, these women have become much more visible, but unfortunately this increased recognition is due to a heightened sense of fear and danger associated with the idea of a "Muslim alien 'other'". By employing an approach focused more on human rights, people

There are times when a person believes that their honor is at stakes. Their honor and pride are something that must not be taken away, and if it does, then it must be taken back. They honor their honor in very serious ways, from keeping it to repaying it, some will even go to the ends of the earth to protect someone else's honor. In Turkey, there is a woman called, Nevin Yildirim, who, after killing a man, brought back her honor. Yildirim, was being raped at gunpoint multiple times throughout the days. She was told to be silent as not only did he threatened to harm her two children, but to reveal pictures that would ruin her and her families honor (Kayali, 2012). It is the womans job to keep the honor in the family or else you are nothing without it. After she found out he

Many people see this as wrong, but why? It is clearly stated in the Islamic religion that women may be beaten if they are disobedience. Why then, would a woman do something defiant if she knows

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has seen their share of criticism regarding their view of cultures. The Ayaan Hirsi Ali (AHA) Foundation has taken up a stance to do anything within their power to fight for the rights of women worldwide, specifically pertaining to honor violence. There seems to be serious philosophical tension between the AAA and the AHA. In this paper, I will set out to discuss this tension in three ways. The first thing I will do is to try and present the AAA’s position with as much accuracy and charitability as I can. The second thing I will try to do is to apply the AAA’s stance specifically to honor violence. Lastly, I will argue for my view of the AAA’s position. Hopefully, I will offer a compelling case

Hosseini makes it very apparent that honour is extremely important to people in the Afghan culture and what others think of them means a lot. An Afghan would do anything to keep their honour, even if it means they are unhappy. In both novels, Hosseini shows a number of examples of dishonour and the negative impacts it can have to an individual’s well-being. According to the Honour Based Violence Network, In Afghanistan, ‘honour’ crimes remain very high along with many other forms of violence against women, and are increasing as attitudes fail to keep pace with economic and social changes.

I plainly comprehend what you are talking about when it comes to mother fiqure and suicide bombers. However, in these United States, we don't see women as suicide bombers, women are view as nourishing and care taker of families. In any case, in forein countries women are not respected to an higher level.

"I was planning to murder mainly women as an act of revenge because of the life they gave me. I attack [them] because I grew up to believe them as a weaker part of the human breed. All women need to die and hopefully next time I can [gouge] their eyeballs out” (Bruk). This excerpt is from a 17 year old boy’s journal who stabbed and attempted to murder three women merely because he is still a virgin. He believed that he “had no choice” but to kill women because of what they did to him. Or even better said, what they did not do to him. Although this case of misogyny is extreme, it represents America’s views on women. Most men will not kill women for abstaining from sex with them but they will be angry because they believe women owe them something.

Honour killing is a poem written by Imtiaz Dharker which depicts the struggles of women within countries in the middle-east that oppress women whether it be verbally or physically, and Dharker being a Pakistani woman expressed her views through this piece of work. An honour killing is the act of taking someone’s life who has disrespected themselves and their family, an example of this is a Pakistani woman who was shot by her family because she wanted to divorce the man she was with. The true difference between a western culture and a middle eastern culture can be shown in the fact that the Pakistani senate refused to condemn what happened to this woman and deemed it an honour killing. The poem is an outcry for freedom for woman who are being oppressed and kept down by cultural ideas within the countries which commit these acts.

In some societies, women in the judicial process have very few rights that are the same as men, and their punishment seems to be much greater. Treatment by the Taliban in Afghanistan, and by other groups such as the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood all contribute to how women are treated legally. Zohreh Arshadi asserts that in countries such as Iran, "The Islamic punishments have encouraged a culture of violence against women...The fact that men receive a lighter punishment if they commit a violence against women undoubtedly encourages such violence. We saw how women could be killed with impunity during alleged adultery. Stoning to death for adultery, although technically admissible for both sexes, has also been carried out mainly against women” (Arshadi 2012). It is in countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and some non-Middle Eastern countries where the Qur’an is taken as a literal word and law, and there is constituted into actual state law. This means that certain texts from the Qur’an are used to treat women violently. For example a passage in the Qur’an states: Hadith Muslim (4:1982)  The Prophet said, “I saw Hell also. No such (abominable) sight have I ever seen as that which I saw today; and I observed that most of its inhabitants were women. They said: Messenger of Allah, on what account is it so? He said: For their ingratitude or disbelief

The World Health Organization states that globally, about 38% of murders of women are committed by an intimate partner. In the Middle East and other parts of the world, planned domestic homicides, or honor killings, are carried out due to the belief of the perpetrators that the victim has brought dishonor upon the family or community. According to Human Rights Watch, honor killings are generally performed against women for "refusing to enter into an arranged marriage, being the victim of a sexual assault, seeking a divorce—even from an abusive husband—or committing adultery," or exhibiting behavior perceived to have dishonored the family. In some parts of the world, where there is a strong social expectation for a woman to be a virgin prior to marriage, a bride may be subjected to extreme violence, including an honor killing, if she is deemed not to be a virgin on her wedding night due to the absence of blood. Bride burning or dowry killing is a form of domestic violence in which a newly married woman is killed at home by her husband or husband's family due to their dissatisfaction over the dowry provided by her family. The act is often a result of demands for more or prolonged dowry after the marriage. Dowry violence is most common in South Asia, especially in India. In 2011, the National Crime Records Bureau reported 8,618 dowry

It’s hard to second guess the individual soldiers and their actions in the case of the two Afghans that attempted to elope. I’m sure they were just doing what was correct procedure for security threat at the time. Had they interpreted the Father’s intent or motivation for wishing to see his daughter they likely would’ve reached a different conclusion to the conflict. This scenario highlights the need to have interpreters that are well versed in local customs and culture, had any of the soldiers or interpreters been dialed into the fact that what the two young elopers were doing would be grounds for an honor killing they would likely choose a different COA. I’m also interested in the timeline that this case occurred, I know early on in the conflict US service members were not clued in on the honor killing to restore a family’s name and reputation but after a couple of high profile cases here in the States I would think that someone might have seen the danger in allowing the father to see his daughter. The soldiers were no doubt applying the golden rule in allowing the father to see his daughter. Being a father myself if my daughter ever ran away I would place a pretty high premium on seeing her and most authorities would allow that once she was detained, not thinking twice about what my motivations to see her are.

In conclusion, it has been demonstrated the social construction of the lawful and unlawful homicide by using the actions of the police officers in two different cases. In the Mark Duggan case, the lawfulness of the homicide was demonstrated by police officer complying with the theoretical outlooks of Beccaria and Durkheim (Williams, 2012). Protecting the people and their cultural biases, applying the punishment that straightens the social bonds as well as following laws and legislations despite of unwanted reaction in from of riots portray Mark Duggan’s killing as a lawful homicide (IPCC (a), 2015). However, if laws and legislations were not followed and actions were not aimed to protect people which led to a break in social bonds the reasonable

The Massie case is a very important case historically, where we can learn from out mistakes and hope that the injustices would not be repeated. One of the most important aspects of the case is its location, Hawai 'i. Described as "an American playground for the wealthy" Hawai 'i was a paradise controlled by wealthy Americans (Stannard 23). Even though it was not yet a U.S. state, at the time of the case, the ideas and influence of Americans overruled that of the native Hawaiians. This is shown especially when the alleged rape of Thalia Massie became public. Even before a trial was held, most people believed the six men to be guilty just because of their race and who the victim was, a white woman and the wife of a navy officer. David Stannard reinforces the idea that the alleged rape, murder of Joseph Kahahawai, and the outcome of both trials could have only happened in Hawai 'i during the 1930s in his book "Honor Killing". The three reasons for this are that all of the suspects were either Hawaiian or Asian, most Americans living in Hawai 'i at the time were wealthy, and Hawai 'i was not a U.S. state until 1950.