Pretty Dead Doll

An honor killing (also called a customary killing) is the murder of a woman (family or clan member) by one or more fellow family members, in which the perpetrators (and potentially the wider community) believe the victim to have brought dishonour upon the family, clan, or community. The perceived dishonor is normally the result of the following behaviors, or the suspicion of such behaviors: (a) utilizing dress codes unacceptable to the family/community, (b) wanting to terminate or prevent an arranged marriage or desiring to marry by own choice, or (c) engaging in certain sexual acts, including those with the opposite or same sex. Such killings or attempted killings result from the perception that the defense of honor justifies killing a person whose behavior dishonors their own clan or family. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimates that the annual worldwide total of honor-killing victims may be as high as 5,000. Many women's groups in the Middle East and Southwest Asia suspect the victims are at least four times more. Countries where the law is interpreted to allow men to kill female relatives in a premeditated effort as well as for crimes of passions: * Jordan * Syria * Morocco * Brazil * Colombia * Turkey * Pakistan * Egypt Model: =antoanette Makeup by Me Styling by Me Location: Osijek, Croatia Date: 09/2008 Copyright (c) Marina Filipovic Marinshe All Rights Reserved For more: http://www.marinshe.com http://www.flickr.com/marinshe http://www.facebook.com/marinshe