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- Title
SEXUAL VIOLENCE, PATRIARCHY AND THE STATE: WOMEN IN ISRAEL.
- Authors
Abdo, Nahla
- Abstract
The so-called 'honour-killing' is one, albeit extreme, form of sexual violence against woman's being. This is a global phenomenon and an integral part of the culture of private property, patriarchy, and the colonial order which characterizes many states all over the world (East and West, North and South). Sexual violence against women, including torture and murder, is not uniquely Arab nor is it rooted in Islam as a religion or culture. Historically, the phenomenon of sexual torture and murder of women existed in various forms and many cultures, such as the Western/European tradition of burning witches during the Middle Ages, the practice of using the 'chastity belt' later in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, or more currently, the phenomenon of 'crimes of passion' within the Brazilian context or 'dowry deaths' in Indian culture. This paper argues that the cultural-as-religious plays a very little role, compared to the cultural-as-political, in analysing the phenomenon of 'honour-killing'.
- Subjects
ISRAEL; HONOR killings; PERSONAL property; PATRIARCHY; WOMEN; TORTURE; MURDER
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Women's Studies: Alam-e-Niswan, 2006, Vol 13, Issue 2, p39
- ISSN
1024-1256
- Publication type
Article