Honour killings differ from other crimes such as plain homicides, psychopathic murder, revenge killings and domestic violence, as they have a complete different motive, they are instead based on codes of morality, ethical values and fundamentalist religious dictates. An honour killing is the murder or homicide of a family member by the other members in the family, because of the perpetrators beliefs that the victim has either brought shame or dishonour to the family. Most commonly, honour killings are triggered by different reasons, such as by the woman's refusal to enter an arranged marriage, having sex outside of marriage, becoming a victim of rape, dressing in ways that are considered inappropriate or being in a relationship that is disapproved
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Honour killings occur a mainly in Islamic countries. A research study at the University of Cambridge surveyed 856 students in Middle Eastern countries, and found that attitudes in support of honour killing are far more likely in adolescent boys with low education backgrounds. Out of the 856 ninth graders that were interviewed for this study, 61% of teenagers from the lowest level of educational background showed supportive attitudes towards honour killing, as opposed to only 21.1% where at least one family member has a university degree. A large proportion of male teenagers believed that it is morally acceptable the kill a woman who is been perceived to have brought ‘Shame or dishonour’ upon their family. The study concluded that the idea of ‘Honour killings’ wasn’t related to religion (92% of Jordan is made up of Sunni Muslims), It depended on multiple factors such as patriarchal views and traditional worldwide views. A study conducted by the Santa Clara University found that honour killing practices are more acceptable in Islamic cultures but they are not acceptable in western …show more content…
They believe women and men to be equal in todays society and the same choices should be avalible to both sex’s. The women from the above cases were expected to follow the traditional customs such as accepting their suitor. The feminist movement believe women have the right to choose how they dress, whom they marry. These choices are individual choices and should not be dictated by the family. Feminist’s believe that women need to stick together and the cause is strengthened by each woman joining the fight, however in Shifilea’s case it was her own mother, who instead of standing by her, aiding and abetted in her murder. We can assume this was because of her belief that women were inferior to men and required to obey the rules laid out by the men
Honour killings occur a mainly in Islamic countries. A research study at the University of Cambridge surveyed 856 students in Middle Eastern countries, and found that attitudes in support of honour killing are far more likely in adolescent boys with low education backgrounds. Out of the 856 ninth graders that were interviewed for this study, 61% of teenagers from the lowest level of educational background showed supportive attitudes towards honour killing, as opposed to only 21.1% where at least one family member has a university degree. A large proportion of male teenagers believed that it is morally acceptable the kill a woman who is been perceived to have brought ‘Shame or dishonour’ upon their family. The study concluded that the idea of ‘Honour killings’ wasn’t related to religion (92% of Jordan is made up of Sunni Muslims), It depended on multiple factors such as patriarchal views and traditional worldwide views. A study conducted by the Santa Clara University found that honour killing practices are more acceptable in Islamic cultures but they are not acceptable in western …show more content…
They believe women and men to be equal in todays society and the same choices should be avalible to both sex’s. The women from the above cases were expected to follow the traditional customs such as accepting their suitor. The feminist movement believe women have the right to choose how they dress, whom they marry. These choices are individual choices and should not be dictated by the family. Feminist’s believe that women need to stick together and the cause is strengthened by each woman joining the fight, however in Shifilea’s case it was her own mother, who instead of standing by her, aiding and abetted in her murder. We can assume this was because of her belief that women were inferior to men and required to obey the rules laid out by the men