Thursday, December 22, 2005

There is only dishonor for men in honor killings

"There is only dishonor for men in honor killings
Ulla Lemberg
2005-12-23 Beijing Time
ONE year ago I began working in Turkey with a Turkish film company to produce a film about honor killings.

Every year the world over, people are murdering women in the name of honor.

Honor killings have nothing to do with religion or culture — it is a social phenomenon that has been created in a patriarchal society that allows men to look upon women as chattels — as things that can be owned. "

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