Tuesday, October 30, 2007

"It's time we took the honour out of honour crimes, and called it for what it really is." Finally a good article on the Guardian CiF. One of the commentators made a very good point which is worth bringing up. While one can argue that it is the patriarchal society which encourages such crimes, a lot of these acts have, in many cases, been ordered by women as well.

Posted by Maysaloon at 2:47 pm

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bint battuta said...

"While one can argue that it is the patriarchal society which encourages such crimes, a lot of these acts have, in many cases, been ordered by women as well." I don't see your point. A patriarchal society includes women as well, most of whom (whether consciously or unconsciously) prop up that system. So just because women may be the ones that instigate those crimes doesn't mean that the patriarchal system has not played a role.

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