Misogyny Besharmi Morcha, Corrective Rape, École Polytechnique Massacre, Ernie Awards, Fuck-Me Shoes, Honor Killing, Lesbophobia, Les Quinze Joies De

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: Besharmi Morcha, Corrective rape, Ecole Polytechnique massacre, Ernie Awards, Fuck-me shoes, Honor killing, Lesbophobia, Les Quinze joies de mariage, Little Tales of Misogyny, Misogyny and mass media, Misogyny in hip hop culture, Mothers and Daughters (comics), Not Without My Daughter, Of Mice and Men, Rape culture, Rape Culture (film), Slut-shaming, The first blast of the trumpet against the monstruous regiment of women, Violence against women, Wife selling. Excerpt: An honor killing, or honour killing is the homicide of a member of a family or social group by other members, due to the belief of the perpetrators that the victim has brought dishonor upon the family or community. The perceived dishonor is normally the result of one of the following behaviors, or the suspicion of such behaviors: dressing in a manner unacceptable to the family or community, wanting to terminate or prevent an arranged marriage or desiring to marry by own choice, especially if to a member of a social group deemed inappropriate, engaging in heterosexual acts outside marriage and engaging in homosexual acts. Honor killings have been labeled as a form of gender apartheid. The United Nations estimate for the number of honor killings in the world is 5000 per year. Many women's groups in the Middle East and Southwest Asia suspect that more than 20,000 women are honor killed in the world each year. Human Rights Watch defines "honor killings" as follows: Honor killings are acts of vengeance, usually death, committed by male family members against female family members, who are held to have brought dishonor upon the family. A woman can be targeted by (individuals within) her family for a variety of reasons, including: refusing to enter into an arranged marriage, being the victim of a sexual assault, seeking a divorce-even from an abusive...