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Undertoad · 07-04-2002, 08:50 PM

Well that's the honor-shame culture thing again. I'm sure the idea is that their entire family is to be shamed, and in a culture that doesn't respect women, dishonoring him is much more important than what she gets. After all, she is a lowly woman.

07-04-2002, 08:50 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Well that's the honor-shame culture thing again. I'm sure the idea is that their entire family is to be shamed, and in a culture that doesn't respect women, dishonoring him is much more important than what she gets. After all, she is a lowly woman.