Violence is commonly used with many different daily situations. With the desire to uphold the prestige of masculine authority, several cultural practices that overpower women and younger people are deep-rooted in their traditional lives. Some cultures, such as Pakistani ones, would sacrifice one of their family members to not bring disgrace to the family; they call it “honor killings.” Doctor Phyllis Chesler – a best-selling author, a renowned feminist leader, and a Professor emerita of Psychology and Women's Studies at CUNY – explored the topic of “Worldwide Trends in Honor Killings” in her writing. She mainly focused on violence against women and domestic relations within the religion of Islam. The same way women’s lives are sacrificed for…show more content… In addition, they are killed for behaving in accepted Western or modern ways when they express a desire to attend college, have careers, live independent lives, have non-Muslim friends (including boyfriends with whom they may or may not be sexually involved), choose their own husbands, refuse to marry their first cousins, or want to leave an abusive husband (Chesler 6).”
People tend to point out and criticize others when they are mixing their culture with modern ways. Parents and perhaps even spouses wouldn’t want the family’s honor to go to the ground by people talking about the women, so what do they do? Punish her, beat her, or even murder her. Strict religions, such as Islam, wouldn’t allow people follow the American, modernized ways of having a boyfriend or dressing a certain way that would reveal their bodies in any way. As religious people who severely follow their cultures wouldn’t allow such a manner in their family.
In Islam and many other religions/cultures, men are the head of a household or one who wears the pants in a relationship. With that being said, women are disregarded all around the world. Tage Rai, writer of the article named “How Could They?”
