EGYPT: Secret abortions help women circumvent honor violence | Women News Network: So-called honor killings area social and cultural agency by families “to wash away their disgrace.” The families murder the woman who as “sinned” as a means of reclaiming the family’s honor and pride in society. Hundreds of cases go unreported and undocumented, the few ones that do get little attention from the media or judicial authorities. Men are seldom punished harshly for the murder they have committed. A lot of the time families do not need or wait for any physical proof of the woman’s indiscretions, rumors alone are sometimes sufficient to cause an honor killing.
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