“You Don’t Want to Be Perceived as Wild and Unruly”: How Ethnic Minority Women Experience and Negotiate Their Autonomy within Honor-Related Contexts
Within honor-related contexts, women’s appearances, actions, and life choices are closely tied to the honor of the entire family. As a result, women who opt to deviate from prevailing feminine honor codes are subject to violence as a means of restoring the family’s good name. Based on the life stori...
Main Author: | Menal Ahmad |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
MDPI AG
2023-10-01
|
Series: | Social Sciences |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/10/575 |
Similar Items
-
HONOR SCALE: A STUDY FOR RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
by: Suzan CEYLAN-BATUR, et al.
Published: (2019-12-01) -
The Virginia Tech Honors Minor
by: Rachael Budowle, et al.
Published: (2023-12-01) -
El honor como corona de la virtud
by: Francisco O’Reilly
Published: (2023-12-01) -
Dr. Andrés Entrena Parra: Honor a quien honor merece
by: José de Jesús Núñez-Rodríguez
Published: (2014-07-01) -
From honors education to regular education: learning from the content of innovations
by: Pierre van Eijl, et al.
Published: (2023-07-01)