SEN Flashcards
HK are increasingly case as emblematic of the problematic nature of one religion - Islam - and its…
treatment of women
Women are the primary victims of honour crimes - their movements are restricted, their friendships and even conversations are monitored or controlled, their marriage partners are chosen for them, and they are…
clear targets of killings
Honour is intrinsically linked to norms of behaviour for both sexes and is predicated upon patriarchal notions of…
ownership and women’s bodies
In certain countries - the state is complicit in…
honour crimes and practices of VAW
SEN suggests honour crimes have 6 key features:
1-Gender relations that problematise and control..
women’s behaviours
SEN suggests honour crimes have 6 key features:
2-Role of women in policing and monitoring…
women’s behaviour
SEN suggests honour crimes have 6 key features:
3-Collective decisions regarding punishment for transgressions of these
boundaries
SEN suggests honour crimes have 6 key features:
4- The potential for women’s participation in…
killings
SEN suggests honour crimes have 6 key features:
5- The ability to reclaim honour through…
enforced compliance or killings
SEN suggests honour crimes have 6 key features:
6-State sanction of such killings through recognition of honour as…
motivation and mitigation