Part One: Things I find disturbing
Honour Killings
After reading in the news about a family who where burned to death and it looks like the father did, the police think it was part of an honour killing, anyway seeing as i know very little about these things started to do a bit of research. Anyway honour killings are described as such
Honour killing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Honour killing is most often the killing of a female, but in many cases also a male, and sometimes his/her family members, love-interests or other associates [1] [2], for supposed sexual or marital offenses, typically by his/her own relatives or relatives of a purported romantic interest, with the justification being that the "offense" has brought "dishonour" to the family. The United Nations Population Fund estimates that the annual worldwide total of honour killing victims may be as high as 5,000 women.
In societies and cultures where it occurs, honour killing is often regarded as a private matter for the affected family alone; rarely do non-family members or the courts become involved or prosecute the perpetrators. The practice is condemned by human rights supporters for being a double standard and sexist, since males will not be killed for such an "offense"; i.e. if a man rapes a woman, it is the woman who "brings dishonour" to her family and not the rapist.
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Honour Killings - Wikipedia
