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Hedern finns mellan kvinnans ben : tjejers och kvinnors utsatta position i det hedersdrabbade svenska samhället

Longdewa, Zuraiya LU (2010) MRSG20 20092
Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Human Rights Studies
Abstract
Violence in the name of honour is a quite new phenomenon in Sweden. The violence can be shown as threat, abuse, and harassment. Women happen to be the main victim in many of the cases of violence in the name of honour. My ground thesis in this paper is just about the question about gender and that women are more exposure to the violence in the name of honour than men. The purpose of this theoretical paper is to find the possible causes to the problem. To find these possible causes, I’ve chosen to use four different models of explanation. These explanation models are the socioeconomics, religious, cultural and the physical. I can by using these models find the basic ground that starts women’s exposure for violence in the name of honour in... (More)
Violence in the name of honour is a quite new phenomenon in Sweden. The violence can be shown as threat, abuse, and harassment. Women happen to be the main victim in many of the cases of violence in the name of honour. My ground thesis in this paper is just about the question about gender and that women are more exposure to the violence in the name of honour than men. The purpose of this theoretical paper is to find the possible causes to the problem. To find these possible causes, I’ve chosen to use four different models of explanation. These explanation models are the socioeconomics, religious, cultural and the physical. I can by using these models find the basic ground that starts women’s exposure for violence in the name of honour in Sweden.
It’s not easy to find a general explanation for all the perpetrators, but some of the models can be used to describe some of the violence cases. The result showed that the feeling of powerlessness is one of the main elements in the explanation of the violence in the name of honour. (Less)
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author
Longdewa, Zuraiya LU
supervisor
organization
course
MRSG20 20092
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Heder, Förklaringsmodeller, Maktlöshet, Tradition, Islam, Våld, Hedersmord, Human rights, Honor killings, Hedersrelaterat våld, Mänskliga rättigheter
language
Swedish
id
1525090
date added to LUP
2010-03-04 16:31:02
date last changed
2014-09-04 08:27:47
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  abstract     = {{Violence in the name of honour is a quite new phenomenon in Sweden. The violence can be shown as threat, abuse, and harassment. Women happen to be the main victim in many of the cases of violence in the name of honour. My ground thesis in this paper is just about the question about gender and that women are more exposure to the violence in the name of honour than men. The purpose of this theoretical paper is to find the possible causes to the problem. To find these possible causes, I’ve chosen to use four different models of explanation. These explanation models are the socioeconomics, religious, cultural and the physical. I can by using these models find the basic ground that starts women’s exposure for violence in the name of honour in Sweden. 
It’s not easy to find a general explanation for all the perpetrators, but some of the models can be used to describe some of the violence cases. The result showed that the feeling of powerlessness is one of the main elements in the explanation of the violence in the name of honour.}},
  author       = {{Longdewa, Zuraiya}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Hedern finns mellan kvinnans ben : tjejers och kvinnors utsatta position i det hedersdrabbade svenska samhället}},
  year         = {{2010}},
}