Ethnocentric View Of Honor Killings

In today’s world people are constantly being judged for their looks, style, interests, and the group of people they hang out with. The biggest thing that society judges today is other people’s culture and traditions. Ethnocentrism, is defined as judging other cultures in terms of standards of one’s own. Sociologists try to avoid ethnocentrism because to truly understand a culture, it should not be compared to another cultures traditions. For example, two nights before an Islamic wedding, the bride and her friends paint designs on each other’s hands and feet using henna(mehndi). If you compare that to the traditional wedding here in America, that kind of practice might seem “weird”. In Islamic countries “henna night” is common, which is why

Woman have a lot to consider in their everyday lives. Although bringing a child into the world can be a beautiful thing, women should have the right to choose if they are ready for that commitment and if they want to bare any children at all. In some countries these are freedoms that women do not have. When reading about genders, it was sad to read about “honor killings”. Honor killings typically involve male family members killing a female family member who caused shame or disgrace to the family. The female could be a victim of rape and

There are many reasons why people believe that women are treated without respect in the Islamic nations. First and foremost, it says in The Koran that women may be beaten:

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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

I live in Abington School district, and I would have attended Abington schools if I did not attend a charter school, so I was pleased that it worked out that on April 11th I could attend a school board meeting there. Because I had to work that night, I arrived twenty minutes late to the meeting, but my father, who is a middle school band teacher in Phoenixville school district, went there early to save me a seat and let me know what happened.

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

unequally in marriage, in court, and in society. Difficulty through marriage for Muslim women can come from age, divorce, and having to be subservient to their husbands. Not only is there difficulty in marriage, but also in the unequal treatment in the islamic justice systems, such as when “evidence given by a female witness counts for half that given by a man” (Dargie 22). Although the societies of major Islamic countries differ, it is clear that women are not represented equally to men in any of them, for example having to dress and act certain ways so as not to attract any attention from men. However, there are Islamic women who are willing to change how their religion views females by speaking out and encouraging others to do the same.

"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.

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 1920s was a decade of many inventions after WWI when soldiers had returned home. People were able to enjoy themselves more from making more money and new technologies. This era was also a time where medicine advanced more, due to that less people were getting sick and more people were staying healthy. This decade of change allowed many Americans to own new technologies and different inventions they never had or thought about before.

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

Isms are seen everywhere in our society, and can even be found in a person who has been diagnosed with a mental disorder. An article stated individuals dealing with racism and ethno-violence are actually facing trauma that could manifest into PTSD. The author explained a threat to individual’s racial or cultural self-integrity can make them more responsive to PTSD and any associated symptoms. Racism can involve a psychological and physical assault that might be overlooked because racism is not seen as an important cause of emotional and physical distress. This could lead to a victim engaging in self-blame because their distress is not clinically severe enough to be identified as traumatic. One researcher found that people with high levels

Ahmed,Sidrah(2014) in his research paper tries to investigate the representation of muslim women's rights and integration by swestern media.Spencer,R and Chesler,P in their book remarked that in Islam the custom of Female genital mutilation,wife beating,child and arranged marriage ,polygamy,purdah,easy divorce for men,female sexual and domestic slavery,veiling,routine rape and gang rape and honor killing are more common then all other religions of the

From the very start of “in search of respect” Bourgois goes over the worries he has about contributing to a “pornography of violence” that further marginalized the subjects of his study. Any detailed examination of social marginalization can encounter problems, most often times serious. With the Puerto Rican peoples, they have lived for generations under the control of the United States. Bourgois feared that his Ethnography may be misread as negative stereotypes or a hostile portrait of the poor. After already having been victims to colonialization, segregation, violence and abuse for generations. The Puerto Rican people, through the generations still held on to their dignity. Bourgois does not eroticize violence, nor did he for poverty