Motives Behind Honor Killings

There is no honour in murder” (Monday 23, june 2014) both Dexter Dias and Charlotte Praudman claims that the term ”honour killing” is very offencive towards the survivors and women who suffer and are victims of this horiffc crime. The writers claim that estimated 5.000 women annually are ”honourdly” murderd. Dias and Proudman also write that there is no honour in murder and that the downgrading term must change, two examples that they suggest are ”femicide” and ”shame killing”. These two terms does not make any excuses such as ”honour killing”.

Three types of ritual activity inflected the relationship between gender and honor in different ways and involved different sets of participants. Honor was gendered in rites of passage rooted in kinship, specifically nuptial rites – events that helped anchor a family’s reputation in the

As the author of your textbook, Crapo (2013, p.52) notes, “we need not, for instance, come to value infanticide in order to understand the roles it may play in peoples’ lives in a society where it is customary. What cultural relativism requires of us is simply that we do not confuse our own feelings about such a custom with understanding it. To do the latter, we must investigate the meanings

Many serial killers and mass murderers have been interviewed and tested to reveal why they killed and raped large groups of people. There are several factors as to why they perform such acts. My findings in this paper show that there is a logically explanation as to why they do what they do. In no way is killing or violence justified, but people have been through things we couldn’t imagine being put through. Many of these killers were put through harsh abuse physically, mentally, and emotionally which haunted them in their futures. This caused them to resolve their issues through inhumane ways. One who was put through sexual abuse became lust serial killers by wanting to rape the victims or sexually punish them. They want their

Specifically, offenders are blocked in various ways from achieving the “American dream” through legitimate means as a result of their racial, ethnic, or subcultural standing. Structural theories offer cogent explanations for many types of crimes, but not serial murder. Approximately 75% of serial killers do not belong to a racial or ethnic minority and do not appear to be particularly motivated by social or financial gain, although there are exceptions. Certainly, serial offenders who rob their victims exist, but even then the financial reward is peripheral to the attraction of controlling and killing another human being.

For a woman living in Afghanistan in the late twentieth century, following the rules is essential to staying alive. Mariam is used to following the rules in her life, starting as a small child listening to her mother, Nana. The forced obedience she adopts because of Nana follows her throughout her whole life, all the way through her arranged and abusive marriage to Rasheed. Eventually, the abuse from Rasheed grows to be overwhelming, and Mariam breaks an ultimate law: she commits murder. Mariam lives nearly her entire life abiding by rules set for her by her mother and her husband, but when she goes against them she is able to briefly experience freedom.

For centuries, the world has been plagued with murderous criminals who find joy in the sick torture and killing of people they claim as victims. These offenders are often psychotic and sociopathic, feeling no guilt during or after the murder of their victims. As the years have progressed, studies have shown more clear information that may lead to determining why a person would choose to kill, why they would choose the specific victim that they do, and if their psychological problems relate back to their childhood. Many theories claim that the upbringing of the child may cause their psychological problems, while other theories state that it is a work of mother nature.

If the sex of the person murdered was female as opposed to male, the rate of the death penalty increases from 1.5% to 10.9% (Gender Bias in Death Sentencing). Although it is difficult to attribute a specific reason for this statistical gap, there is a link between the outdated notions of chivalry and the unwillingness to execute women. Once again, because clear evidence is presented that portrays the death penalty as biased and subjective, it is difficult to say that capital punishment can be carried out fairly and with substantive due

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

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

In recent discussions of serial killers, a controversial issue has been whether they were born being the killer that they are or if it is impacted by the way that they grew up. On the one hand, some argue that serial killers are influenced by things in their lives that cause them to become these guiltless killers. From this perspective, porn and violence in the home are big factors in what people believe to be influencing these people. On the other hand, however, others argue that these people are born this way and the way they grow up has no influence. In the words of Helen Morrison, one of these view’s main proponents, “No matter what country, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic background, education, familial background, they are all exactly the same.” According to this view, despite if they are born this way or grew up being influenced by things, they are all the same. In sum, then, the issue is whether they are born this way or if their lives are influenced.

"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.

Historical writing regarding rape, specifically rape as it occurs in warfare, has only relatively recently become an area of focus for analyzation and deconstruction, much less in how it was employed during the Armenian genocide. The occurrence of rape during these events have chiefly been of finding and establishing that wartime rape as it occurs in the Armenian genocide was directive of attempting to eradicate the group as a whole due in part to the establishment of women as propogrators of their specific groups; the Ottoman Armenians. In order to achieve this, the weapon of rape becomes tactical due to its destructive capabilities in not only harming the singular person as it causes pain and humiliation but also due to the culture regarding rape as it is thought of causing a pain and humiliation to the group as a whole due to group identity.

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

The culture of militarism comes into full effect when talking about warfare. Rape is a tactic used by the military to ensure their power and control. It is to show that they have the masculine privilege by showing their strength and dominance over the women. (Chinkin, 1995) In a patriarchal culture, and in a military culture that is dominated by men, war provides the perfect psychological backdrop for men and even an excuse to show their distain towards women. In military culture, the weapons are in the hands, or dare I say, between their legs, and this, along with orders given and the soldier’s need to follow the orders to the highest extent give the soldiers a sense of dominance. The spiritual bonding of soldiers, along with the sense of dominance, confirms to men that women are secondary, and that they are of nothing and are just spectators in the world of action. (Brownmiller, 1975, p. 45) Thus explains why rape is such a popular military tactic during wars. It emphasizes on power and humiliation of the weak, hence why the rape is always targeted towards the women