The Issue With Honor Killings

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Around the world there are many situations that the human race has to deal with and one of them is honor killings. This is an issue that has not been completely touched upon because it is not and an issue that everyone gets to see. The main idea is to understand what an honor killing is and what’s its status around the world but specifically to the country that is Pakistan. One main point that should be remembered is that it is all based off of tradition and not religion.
A honor killing is a violent action towards a person that has brought shame or dishonor to their family (What Is Honor Killing). Honor killings can be considered to be an awful crime or a tradition that a small community can have. These crimes are usually directed toward women. This also happens in countries where women’s reputation predominates overall (Thousands of Women Killed for Family "Honor"). In addition, although honor killings involve murder most of the time there are numerous ways of correcting a woman. For example there is torture, physical abuse, acid burning, stoning, being burned alive, and strangulation. These all fall under the category of honor killings because to an extent they can take a life. Also this is just a small amount of actions that have been taken upon women for their punishment. When it comes down to abuse there has mainly been sexual abuse, which then leads to women having to commit suicide because they must restore the honor to their family. When some women decide not to take their own lives some families decide to do it themselves and murder their daughters. The reason being is that they really believe that getting rid of their daughter, the honor of their family will truly be restored. This also proves that honor killings are...

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...is no education given to them. It takes a small step to change what is happening to these women especially because it is a cultural tradition and not an act based off of religion.

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