Understanding honor killings through this cultural lens has led some, such as philosopher Kwame AnthonyAppiah, to suggest the use of mockery as a way to change this social practice. Appiah has described how a variety of undesirable behaviors, from the slave trade to foot binding, disappeared in ...
Nearly 1000 "honor" killings are reported in Pakistan each year, murders by a family member for behavior deemed "shameful," such as a relationship outside of marriage. When Khalida Brohi lost a close friend to the practice, she resolved to campaign again
HOW DO YOU TEACH HONOR KILLINGS? SUFI TRANSGRESSIVE PIETY, LOTTIE MOON, AND THE BENEFITS OF COMPARATIVE HISTORYDeVries, AnnaliseFides et Historia
Kratos, traumatized by the killings, refuses to honor the oath he swore to Ares, setting into motion the story of Ascension. Ares seeks revenge through the game’s antagonistic Furies, three beings tasked with punishing betrayal, whom Kratos must kill in order to free himself from his oath. ...
Statement #2:Honor killings are bad Statement #3:The Zika virus endangers lives and spreads fear Statement #4:Civil wars destroy countries Off clash statements can be more complex than those above. However, the core issue is the same in that entire speeches can be wasted developing and deliver...
In 2023, there were 196 reported deaths of HRDs killed globally, with 84% of those killings occurring in Latin America. Within the region, threats to HRDs often originate from the private sector in the context of concerns around land use and tenure, resource extraction, defor...
The combination of both methods is useful for example in sensitization campaigns to avoid undue association of a group with a stigmatizing prac- tice, for example in the case of albinism-related killings in west Tanzania.11 If we adopt Goffman's take on stigma as 'discreditable' social ...
“That's why structure is so important. They can completely rewrite the dialogue, the action, and the setting descriptions, but if you have a solid structure, you'll still see your name at the end of the film.” Wouldn't that be a treat?
Those policies include control- ling women's travel, where they work, and their clothing, all to supposedly "protect" them from mistreatment. It also includes social practices that involve cutting off women's genitals, compulsory virginity testing and "honour killings". Radical feminism should be ...
Robotized killings began almost immediately. The first known drone assassination took place in Afghanistan in 2001. By 2012, we were flying at least 16 drone missions per day, mostly for reconnaissance but some for more deadly reasons, and we had committed lethal drone attacks insix countries:Afg...