This bypasses the killer’s consequences, and is hard to trace since it is mostly verbal. However, “honour killings aren’t always properly investigated because some police and prosecutors share the same views as the honour killers” (The World Post 2). The problem in this situation is that of the reaction. In the beginning, the initial disturbment is obvious - the time when the victim is put into trouble for what he or she has done. Equilibrium is broken, while the victim tries to balance it out; however, the pressure to commit suicide is too great due to the environment and eventually they do end up doing it after all. Children, victims of this hazing-like ritual, would end up living and hiding in fear as their own blood-relatives would hunt them down, seeking to end their miserable life. This was because they believed that this dishonour, with how dirty it is on reputation, was a stain that could only be cleansed with death. Then again, none of the information in the article is concrete - the suicides are probably mostly forced, since “There are just too many of them, it’s too suspicious. But they’re almost impossible to investigate” (1). Appallingly, sometimes chosen-women are told to end themselves between a noose, a gun, or rat poison instead of the time. Sometimes, human beings are not able to react and retain equilibrium, leading to undesirable ends like
This bypasses the killer’s consequences, and is hard to trace since it is mostly verbal. However, “honour killings aren’t always properly investigated because some police and prosecutors share the same views as the honour killers” (The World Post 2). The problem in this situation is that of the reaction. In the beginning, the initial disturbment is obvious - the time when the victim is put into trouble for what he or she has done. Equilibrium is broken, while the victim tries to balance it out; however, the pressure to commit suicide is too great due to the environment and eventually they do end up doing it after all. Children, victims of this hazing-like ritual, would end up living and hiding in fear as their own blood-relatives would hunt them down, seeking to end their miserable life. This was because they believed that this dishonour, with how dirty it is on reputation, was a stain that could only be cleansed with death. Then again, none of the information in the article is concrete - the suicides are probably mostly forced, since “There are just too many of them, it’s too suspicious. But they’re almost impossible to investigate” (1). Appallingly, sometimes chosen-women are told to end themselves between a noose, a gun, or rat poison instead of the time. Sometimes, human beings are not able to react and retain equilibrium, leading to undesirable ends like