There isn’t much I can say about the Honor Killing video aside from that these killings disgust me. I also have trouble understanding why these women do not just move away from the family members looking to kill her, or why she would try to commit suicide to restore the family’s honor, as many women are being forced to do now so that the men do not get sent to prison. Another thing I have trouble with is that brothers, fathers, uncles and grandfathers kill their loved ones, even if the women have young children or are pregnant. I would never believe that the men in my life could kill my sister or me. Honor is not a physical thing so how to offend or defend it is difficult. I remember looking at a video or an article that tried to show some of the types of honor killings that occur; one of the ones shown was one where a wife apparently spoke out of turn or against her husband at her son’s soccer game and the men of the family hung her from the goal posts. Though I wish these killings would stop I do understand how it is embedded in the Turkish culture and will be difficult to weed out of the country.
In our society it is common for young people to move out and live on their own -- in most places in the world that doesn't happen, and one main reason is economic. There aren't jobs that allow people to afford their own place to live.
ReplyDeleteThis is a topic that blows my mind as well... it is hard to understand that so much is placed on how a family "looks" to others in the community that if a girl hurts that "image," she could die for it. No forgiveness, no excuses. No going back.
ReplyDeleteYea its quite cruel and astonishing what these women have to go through on a regular basis, very sad..
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